Ranked Choice Voting Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6589 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6589 To establish the use of ranked choice voting in elections for the offices of Senator and Representative in Congress, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 10, 2025 Mr. Raskin (for himself, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Craig, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Ms. Morrison, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Omar, Mr. Peters, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Pressley, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Swalwell, and Mr. Thanedar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish the use of ranked choice voting in elections for the offices of Senator and Representative in Congress, 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; FINDING OF CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Ranked Choice Voting Act''. (b) Finding of Constitutional Authority.--Congress finds that it has the authority to establish the terms and conditions States must follow in administering elections for the offices of Senators and Representatives in Congress because the authority granted to Congress under section 4 of article I of the Constitution of the United States gives Congress the power to enact laws governing the time, place, and manner of elections for such offices. SEC. 2. REQUIRING RANKED CHOICE VOTING FOR ELECTION OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES. (a) In General.--Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new subtitle: ``Subtitle C--Ranked Choice Voting ``PART 1--REQUIRING RANKED CHOICE VOTING FOR ELECTION OF