Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “District of Columbia One Vote One Choice Act”.
District of Columbia One Vote One Choice Act
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.
Sec. 2 Prohibition on ranked choice voting with respect to District of Columbia elections
by redesignating sections 305 and 306 as sections 306 and 307, respectively; and
by inserting after section 304 the following new section:
“305. 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.”
Conforming amendment relating to enforcement— Section 401 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21111) is amended by striking “303, and 304” and inserting “303, 304, and 305”.
Clerical amendment— The table of contents of such Act is amended—
by redesignating the items relating to sections 305 and 306 as relating to sections 306 and 307, respectively; and
by inserting after the item relating to section 304 the following new item: