American Viewpoints

Show 2020-32 Segment 1 Why Pick Just One? A Proposed Different Way Of Voting

Episode Summary

Aaron Hamlin is the Executive Director of the Center For Election Science, which is promoting an election concept called “approval voting”. That is where all voters “approve” of as many candidates as they want on the ballot instead of just choosing one to vote for. Hanlin describes the concept, answers questions about it, and explains where it’s being used in the US now.