I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6010 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to support State and local 
governments making a transition to ranked choice voting. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2020 
Mr. PHILLIPS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to support 
State and local governments making a transition to 
ranked choice voting. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Voter Choice Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR TRANSITION TO RANKED CHOICE 
VOTING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the Help America Vote 
Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21121 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
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‘‘Subtitle B—Ranked Choice Voting 
Program 
‘‘SEC. 511. RANKED CHOICE VOTING PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF RANKED CHOICE VOTING SYS-
TEM.—For purposes of this subtitle, the term ‘ranked 
choice voting system’ means a set of election methods 
which allow each voter to rank contest options in order 
of the voter’s preference, in which votes are counted in 
rounds using a series of runoff tabulations to defeat con-
test options with the fewest votes, and which elects a win-
ner with a majority of final round votes in a single-winner 
contest and provides proportional representation in multi- 
winner contests. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM.—The Commission shall establish a 
program under which the Commission— 
‘‘(1) provides technical assistance to State and 
local governments that are considering whether to 
make, or that are in the process of making, a transi-
tion to a ranked choice voting system for Federal, 
State, or local elections; and 
‘‘(2) awards grants to States and local govern-
ment to support the transition to a ranked choice 
voting system, including through the acquisition of 
voting equipment and tabulation software, appro-
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priate ballot design, the development and publication 
of educational materials, and voter outreach. 
‘‘(c) RULES FOR GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS.—To 
the extent possible, the Commission shall award 
grants under subsection (b)(2) to areas that rep-
resent a diversity of jurisdictions with respect to ge-
ography, population characteristics, and population 
density. 
‘‘(2) AWARD LIMITATION.—The amount of any 
grant awarded under subsection (b)(2) shall not ex-
ceed 50 percent of the cost of the activities covered 
by the grant. 
‘‘SEC. 512. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any funds author-
ized to be appropriated to the Commission under section 
210, there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subtitle $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2020. 
‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY
OF FUNDS.—Amounts appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization under this section 
shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 
expended.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 202(6) of the Help America Vote 
Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20922) is amended by strik-
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ing ‘‘the Help America Vote College Program under 
title V’’ and inserting ‘‘the programs under title V’’. 
(2) Title V of the Help America Vote Act of 
2002 (52 U.S.C. 21121 et seq.) is amended by strik-
ing the matter preceding section 501 and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘TITLE V—ELECTION 
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
‘‘Subtitle A—Help America Vote 
College Program’’. 
(3) Section 503 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21123) 
is amended by striking ‘‘title’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
title’’. 
(4) The table of sections of the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002 is amended— 
(A) by striking the item relating to title V 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘TITLE V—ELECTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
‘‘Subtitle A—Help America Vote College Program’’; 
and 
(B) by inserting after the item relating to 
section 503 the following: 
‘‘Subtitle B—Ranked Choice Voting Program 
‘‘Sec. 511. Ranked choice voting program. 
‘‘Sec. 512. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 
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