[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3704 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3704

  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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2023

Mr. Lawler (for himself, Ms. Tenney, and Mr. Langworthy) introduced the 
     following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House 
                             Administration

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                                 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 304 and 305 as sections 305 
        and 306, respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after section 303 the following new 
        section:

``SEC. 304. 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 ``and 303'' and inserting ``303, and 304''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of such Act is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating the items relating to sections 304 and 
        305 as relating to sections 305 and 306, respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after the item relating to section 303 the 
        following new item:

``Sec. 304. 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.
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