Approval voting is a type of voting system in which voters can vote for any number of eligible candidates a vote for a candidate in this type of system indicates that the voter app approves of that candidate for the position the candidate is seeking in the final tally of the election results the total number of approval votes for each candidate is calculated the candidate who receives the most approval votes is declared the winner the figure below displays the results from an approving voting election in which there are four eligible candidates see sit field our manly S Kaisen and K Norwalk