Explanation

An approver group has a voting regime assigned to it. A voting regime determines the order in which a group’s members are notified, and how the group makes approval decisions. The following four regimes are available:

* First-Responder-Wins Voting

In first-responder-wins voting, the members are notified in parallel. The response of the first member to respond to the notification requesting approval becomes the group’s approval decision. AME logs the responses of the remaining group members, but otherwise ignores their responses. Members’ order numbers are ignored in this instance.

* Serial Voting

In serial voting, the members are notified one after the other, in an order consistent with the members’ order numbers. AME breaks ties arbitrarily. All members must approve for the group to approve.

* Consensus Voting

In consensus voting, the members are notified in parallel. All members must approve for the group to approve. Members’ order numbers are ignored in this instance.

* Order-Number Voting

In order-number voting, the members are notified in the order of their order numbers. Members having the same order numbers are notified in parallel. All members must approve for the group to approve.