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Rated voting
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"Cardinal voting" redirects here. For the voting system used by Cardinals to elect the pope, see Papal conclave § voting.
Rated voting refers to any electoral system which allows the voter to give each candidate an independent evaluation, typically a rating or grade.[1] These are also referred to as cardinal, evaluative, or graded voting systems.[citation needed] Cardinal methods (based on cardinal utility) and ordinal methods (based on ordinal utility) are the two modern categories of voting systems.[2][3][4]
![A theoretical ballot with the instructions "Rate each between negative ten and ten." There are five options, each one with a number corresponding to it. The numbers, from top to bottom, are seven, ten, negative three, zero, and ten.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Rated_voting.png/640px-Rated_voting.png)
![A theoretical ballot with the instructions "Vote for any number of options." Two choices are marked, three are not. There is no difference between the markings.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Approval_ballot.svg/640px-Approval_ballot.svg.png)