Electing Committees by Approval Balloting
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چکیده
We study committee election models where voters' approvals over candidates are collected and the election outcome is determined according to a predetermined voting rule, in particular issue-wise majority rule. The properties of these models are investigated with a special attention to representativeness of the election outcomes, where representativeness relates to the way they are consistent with the voters' preferences over committees.
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