3.0.0 2690 2022-02-03T05:28:11Z 2022-02-03T05:28:11Z House H HR 2005-05-26 109 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2005-07-01T21:16:05Z Referred to 2005-05-26T14:04:50Z hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2005-05-26T14:05:00Z 2005-07-01 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. Committee 2005-05-26 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2005-05-26 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2005-05-26 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2005-05-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-05-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000523 Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-4] CYNTHIA MCKINNEY D GA A. 4 N Government Operations and Politics Computer software Congress Congressional districts Congressional elections Economics and Public Finance Election administration Grants-in-aid House of Representatives Presidential elections Proportional representation Runoff elections Science, Technology, Communications Voting Voting machines Voting rights Government Operations and Politics 00 2005-05-26 Introduced in House 2005-06-21T21:04:57Z Voter Choice Act of 2005 - Authorizes a state entitled to more than one Representative in Congress to establish a number of districts for election of Representatives that is less than the number of Representatives to which the state is entitled, as long as the Representatives are elected: (1) under a system meeting the constitutional standard of majority rule and of individuals having equal voting power; (2) the system ensures the election of any candidate in a multiseat district who receives a share of votes cast that is at least one vote greater than one-third of the total number of votes cast in the district; and (3) the number of residents per Representative is equal for all Representatives elected in the state.

Requires each state to conduct general elections for federal office held in the state during 2008 and each succeeding year using an instant runoff voting system, and ensure that the voting equipment and technology used to conduct the elections is compatible with such a system.

Establishes a program under which the Election Assistance Commission shall make grants to eligible states to defray the costs of administering an instant runoff voting system or a proportional voting system.

]]> Voter Choice Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Voter Choice Act of 2005 Display Title Voter Choice Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To provide that a State may use a proportional voting system for multiseat congressional districts, to require the use of instant runoff voting in certain elections for Federal office, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2005-05-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr2690ih/xml/BILLS-109hr2690ih.xml 2005-07-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.