[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4493 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4493

   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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 6, 2023

Mr. Lawler (for himself and Ms. Tenney) 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 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 304 and 305 as sections 305 
        and 306, respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after section 303 the following new 
        section:

``SEC. 304. 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 ``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 the use of ranked choice voting with respect to 
                            a District of Columbia election.''.
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