Approval Voting Results. 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 "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 approval voting election in which there were four eligible candidates: C. Sittenfeld, A. Marshall, S. Keskin, and K. Nowak. A total of 1218 voters participated in this election. The table below shows the number of votes received by each candidate as well as the proportion of voters who approved of each candidate.

Proportion of Voters Who Candidate Number of Votes Received Approve of This Candidate C. Sittenfeld 482 39.6% A. Marshall 689 56.6% S. Keskin 354 29.1% K. Nowak 514 42.2% Proportion of Voters Who Approve of Candidate 42.2% 39.6% 29.1% 56.6%