HR9578-118

Introduced

To establish the use of ranked choice voting in elections for the offices of Senator and Representative in Congress, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Sep 12, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To establish the use of ranked choice voting in elections for the offices of Senator and Representative in Congress, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Civil Rights, Education.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H86A6455AF72E4682A3CE2846576E495C: 1. Short title; finding of constitutional authority This Act may be cited as the Ranked Choice Voting Act. Congress finds that it has the authority to...
  • Section H58E9E93A59694400B64FC242FA7C3B5E: 2. Requiring ranked choice voting for election of Senators and Representatives Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2001 (52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.) is...
  • Section HC909014A029B42D898B285D741B62FBB: 321. Requiring ranked choice voting for election of Senators and Representatives Each State shall carry out elections for the office of Senator and the office...
  • Section HEE40A7015A114EF382158740D4F280DB: 322. Prohibiting additional runoff elections No State may hold a separate runoff primary election for the office of Senator or the office of Representative in...
  • Section H929A3A26FF91426C99EBF07C04C47A31: 323. Treatment of primary elections A State may hold a nonpartisan blanket primary election for the office of Senator or the office of Representative in...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To establish the use of ranked choice voting in elections for the offices of Senator and Representative in Congress, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Civil Rights, Education

Primary Purpose

This bill, To establish the use of ranked choice voting in elections for the offices of Senator and Representative in Congress, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Civil Rights Education

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
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Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Sep 12, 2024

Mr. Raskin (for himself, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Goldman of New …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Civil Rights Education
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

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