Hamadeh Introduces Anti-Ranked Choice Voting Bill

Representative Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ) has introduced legislation banning ranked-choice voting.

As Rep. Hamadeh's press release explained, ranked-choice voting is a system in which voters rank candidates by order of preference. If a candidate does not receive a majority of votes, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and the votes are redistributed based on second preference.

The process, which Rep. Hamadeh called "flawed," gives the minority party an unfair advantage if the majority party is split between two top favorites. As a result, his Preventing Ranked Choice Corruption Act bans the practice.

"The same Democrat pawns who support allowing non-citizen voting without voter ID and same-day voter registration also want to turn our democracy into a rank choice voting scheme," said the Arizona Congressman in his press release, adding, "Their motives are clear – they do not want to help Americans vote - they only want to help corrupt politicians win. In Arizona, we see tremendous amounts of liberal out-of-state dollars pour into our state every year to try to alter our election processes. Fortunately, our citizens see through the lies of expensive glossy mailings and reject Ranked Choice Voting."

Representative Nick Begich (R-AK), the bill's cosponsor, said, "The nation does not need more uncertainty and confusion injected into the federal election process."

"'One person, one vote' is a proven, tried-and-true method that is easy to understand, easy to audit, and quick to report. Experiments with our national election systems risk disenfranchisement of voters and lead to outcomes that do not represent the true will of the American people," Rep. Begich added.

At the beginning of April, Hamadeh introduced H.R. 2499, which would codify several measures of President Donald Trump's executive order on election integrity into law, such as having the Election Assistance Commission require more rigorous proof of citizenship in voter registration forms, the State and Homeland Security Departments and Social Security must allow states to access Federal databases to verify the eligibility of people registering to vote, and setting a single Election Day deadline to tabulate ballots.