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Preventing Ranked Choice Corruption Act
To prohibit the use of ranked choice voting in elections for Federal office.
Summary
This bill prohibits states from using ranked choice voting in elections for federal office. Under this system, voters would no longer be able to rank candidates in order of preference for federal elections. The prohibition applies to elections held in 2026 and thereafter and amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to add these enforcement provisions.
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Sponsor (1)
3 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Abraham J. Hamadeh’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $72,681
- ENTREPRENEUR $47,483
- PATRIOT DISPOSAL $13,013
- CLB PARTNERS LLC $12,000
- HOH INVESTMENT GROUP $10,100
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Actions (2)
- Apr 28, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. · house
- Apr 28, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 28, 2025
Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona (for himself and Mr. Begich) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration
A BILL
To prohibit the use of ranked choice voting in elections for Federal office.
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 “Preventing Ranked Choice Corruption Act”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITING RANKED CHOICE VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS.
(a) Prohibition.—Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.), as amended by section 2(a) of the COCOA Act of 2024, is amended—
(1) by redesignating sections 305 and 306 as sections 306 and 307; and
(2) by inserting after section 304 the following new section:
“SEC. 305. PROHIBITING RANKED CHOICE VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS.
“A State may not carry out any election for Federal office using a system of ranked choice voting under which each voter ranks the candidates for the office in the order of the voter’s preference.”.
(b) Conforming Amendment Relating to Existing Enforcement Provisions.—Section 401 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21111) is amended by striking “and 304” and inserting “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; and
(2) by inserting after the item relating to section 304 the following:
“Sec. 305. Prohibiting ranked choice voting in Federal elections.”.
(d) Effective Date.—This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to elections held during 2026 or any succeeding year. <all>
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