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To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit States from using ranked choice voting to carry out an election for Federal office, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit states from using ranked choice voting systems in federal elections. Ranked choice voting is defined as a system in which voters rank candidates for office in order of preference. The prohibition applies to all federal elections held on or after the bill's enactment. The bill makes conforming amendments to enforcement provisions and the act's table of contents.
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- Apr 1, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. · house
- Apr 1, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 1, 2025
Mr. Lawler (for himself, Ms. Tenney, and Mrs. Miller of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration
A BILL
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit States from using ranked choice voting to carry out an election for Federal office, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “One Vote One Choice Act”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITING STATES FROM USING RANKED CHOICE VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS.
(a) Requirement.—Subtitle A of title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.) is amended—
(1) by redesignating sections 305 and 306 as sections 306 and 307, respectively; and
(2) by inserting after section 304 the following new section:
“SEC. 305. PROHIBITING STATES FROM THE USE OF RANKED CHOICE VOTING WITH RESPECT TO AN ELECTION FOR FEDERAL OFFICE.
“A State may not carry out an election for Federal office in the State using a system of ranked choice voting under which each voter shall rank the candidates for the office in the order of the voter’s preference.”.
(b) Conforming Amendment Relating to Enforcement.—Section 401 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21111) is amended by striking “303, and 304” and inserting “303, 304, and 305”.
(c) Clerical Amendment.—The table of contents of such Act is amended—
(1) by redesignating the items relating to sections 305 and 306 as relating to sections 306 and 307, respectively; and
(2) by inserting after the item relating to section 304 the following new item:
“Sec. 305. Prohibiting States from the use of ranked choice voting with respect to an election for Federal office.”.
(d) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to elections held on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>
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