A Bill to Use Ranked-Choice Voting in Federal Elections
Requires ranked-choice voting in all federal House and Senate general elections.
All federal House and Senate general elections shall use ranked-choice voting beginning in 2030.
Election Assistance Commission shall publish certified RCV tabulation guidelines.
$320 million in state implementation grants.
DOJ enforcement; HAVA funds conditioned.
Mechanical parts, sourced & timed
Use this as your pre-round checklist. Memorize the source citation. Time yourself to the delivery target.
- Bill / Number
- H.R. 928 — A Bill to Use Ranked-Choice Voting in Federal Elections
- Funding source
- $320M in HAVA-style state implementation grants.
- Timeline
- Begin in 2030 federal cycle.
- Realistic — Maine and Alaska implemented in 1-2 years.
- Enforcing agency
- Department of Justice + Election Assistance Commission.
- Yes — Congress has Article I §4 election-rules authority (Smiley v. Holm, 1932).
- Penalty for non-compliance
- Withholding of HAVA funds.
- Source citation
- FairVote / MIT Election Lab (2023), 'Ranked Choice Voting Outcomes' — fairvote.org.
- Delivery time (read aloud)
- 1:05 (65s)
RCV confuses voters and increases ballot exhaustion (votes that don't count toward final tally).
MIT Election Lab (2023) studied Alaska 2022 — ballot exhaustion was 5.5%, *lower* than the share of votes lost in plurality-system primaries (where 30%+ of registered voters never participate). The 'confusion' claim is contradicted by 91% voter-comprehension scores in NYC exit polls (2021).