Bill > HR4000

Introduced Session

To establish the use of ranked choice voting in elections for Representatives in Congress, to require each State with more than one Representative to establish multi-member congressional districts, to require States to conduct congressional redistricting through independent commissions, and for other purposes. This bill requires (1) that ranked choice voting (a system in which voters rank candidates in order of preference) be used for all elections for Members of the House of Representatives, (2) that states entitled to six or more Representatives establish districts such that three to five Representatives are elected from each district, and (3) that states entitled to fewer than six Representatives elect all Representatives on an at-large basis. The bill also requires that congressional redistricting be conducted in accordance with a plan developed by (1) a state-established independent commission; or (2) if such a commission fails to enact a plan, a three-judge panel from a U.S. District Court.

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Don Beyer (D)*,  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Jim Cooper (D),  Ro Khanna (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Joe Neguse (D),  Scott Peters (D),  Jamie Raskin (D), 

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. (on 08/28/2019)

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