Good evening gentlemen, and a Happy New Year, And with the new year, I renew my search for that slight improvement over approval that fails LnH a bit less but otherwise still retains the method’s other strengths (ability to be counted by hand chief among these in my eyes). So, here’s the nth contestant: voters submit ranked ballots, with truncation and equal ranking allowed, and all explicitly ranked candidates considered approved. You compute the standard approval winner. If they win by less than 50% of the vote, they are the winner. Otherwise, truncate all ballots just prior to the standard approval winner (if multiple candidates share a tier with the approval winner, leave them on the truncated ballot). Compute the modified approval winner. If they win by more than 50% of the vote, elect them. Otherwise, elect the standard approval winner. End. A slight but material modification of my earlier attempt based on the FPP winner. If not already existing in some form, perhaps it may be of some interest. Best regards, Etjon