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To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to support State and local governments making a transition to ranked choice voting.
Summary
- Establishes a ranked choice voting program within the Help America Vote Act to support state and local governments transitioning to ranked choice voting systems.
- Directs the Election Assistance Commission to provide technical assistance to states and localities considering or implementing ranked choice voting for federal, state, or local elections.
- Authorizes the Commission to award grants to states and local governments to support the transition to ranked choice voting, covering equipment, software, ballot design, educational materials, and voter outreach.
- Limits grant awards to no more than 50 percent of the costs of transition activities covered by the grant.
- Directs the Commission to award grants to jurisdictions representing diverse geography, population characteristics, and population density.
- Authorizes $40 million in appropriations for fiscal year 2027, with funds remaining available without fiscal year limitation until expended.
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- Jul 9, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. · house
- Jul 9, 2026 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 9, 2026
Ms. Morrison (for herself, Ms. Craig, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Thanedar, and Ms. Tlaib) 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 support State and local governments making a transition to ranked choice voting.
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 “Voter Choice Act”.
SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR TRANSITION TO RANKED CHOICE VOTING.
(a) In General.—Title V of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21121 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“Subtitle B—Ranked Choice Voting Program
“SEC. 511. RANKED CHOICE VOTING PROGRAM.
“(a) Definition of Ranked Choice Voting System.—For purposes of this subtitle, the term ‘ranked choice voting system’ means a set of election methods which allow each voter to rank contest options in order of the voter’s preference, in which votes are counted in rounds using a series of runoff tabulations to defeat contest options with the fewest votes, and which elects a winner with a majority of final round votes in a single-winner contest and provides proportional representation in multi-winner contests.
“(b) Program.—The Commission shall establish a program under which the Commission—
“(1) provides technical assistance to State and local governments that are considering whether to make, or that are in the process of making, a transition to a ranked choice voting system for Federal, State, or local elections; and
“(2) awards grants to States and local government to support the transition to a ranked choice voting system, including through the acquisition of voting equipment and tabulation software, appropriate ballot design, the development and publication of educational materials, and voter outreach.
“(c) Rules for Grants.—
“(1) Selection of grant recipients.—To the extent possible, the Commission shall award grants under subsection
(b)(2) to areas that represent a diversity of jurisdictions with respect to geography, population characteristics, and population density.
“(2) Award limitation.—The amount of any grant awarded under subsection (b)(2) shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the activities covered by the grant.
“SEC. 512. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
“(a) In General.—In addition to any funds authorized to be appropriated to the Commission under section 210, there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subtitle $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2027.
“(b) Availability of Funds.—Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization under this section shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until expended.”.
(b) Conforming Amendments.—
(1) Section 202(6) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20922) is amended by striking “the Help America Vote College Program under title V” and inserting “the programs under title V”.
(2) Title V of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21121 et seq.) is amended by striking the matter preceding section 501 and inserting the following:
“TITLE V—ELECTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
“Subtitle A—Help America Vote College Program”.
(3) Section 503 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21123) is amended by striking “title” and inserting “subtitle”.
(4) The table of sections of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 is amended—
(A) by striking the item relating to title V and inserting the following:
“TITLE V—ELECTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
“Subtitle A—Help America Vote College Program”;
and
(B) by inserting after the item relating to section 503 the following:
“Subtitle B—Ranked Choice Voting Program
“Sec. 511. Ranked choice voting program. “Sec. 512. Authorization of appropriations.”. <all>
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