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District of Columbia One Vote One Choice Act
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit the use of ranked choice voting in a District of Columbia election, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill would amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit the District of Columbia from using ranked choice voting in any District of Columbia election. The prohibition would apply to all elections for public office in DC, including federal office elections, as well as to ballot initiatives and referendums. Under ranked choice voting, voters rank candidates in order of preference, and the bill would prevent DC from implementing this voting method. The bill makes conforming amendments to the Help America Vote Act to incorporate the new prohibition.
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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 the use of ranked choice voting in a District of Columbia election, 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 “District of Columbia One Vote One Choice Act”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON RANKED CHOICE VOTING WITH RESPECT TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELECTIONS.
(a) Requirements.—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 THE USE OF RANKED CHOICE VOTING WITH RESPECT TO A DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELECTION.
“(a) In General.—The District of Columbia may not carry out a District of Columbia election 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) District of Columbia Election Defined.—In this section, the term ‘District of Columbia election’ means any election for public office in the District of Columbia, including an election for Federal office, and any ballot initiative or referendum.”.
(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 the use of ranked choice voting with respect to a District of Columbia election.”. <all>
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