[EM] The "Make Elections Great Again Act"

[Rob Lanphier]

Hi folks

In case you hadn't heard, the move to ban RCV (and all electoral reform)
has gone federal in the United States:
https://legiscan.com/US/text/HB7300/id/3343097

Here's the press release:
https://cha.house.gov/press-releases?id=460DC098-9C01-4F60-8BA5-E795D1501893

Here's some mainstream reporting about it:
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5712698-house-republicans-election-reform-bill/

...and here's a post I made to reddit about it earlier today:
https://www.reddit.com/r/EndFPTP/comments/1qt80c8/proposed_ban_on_rcv_at_the_federal_level/

To quote the press release, this will:

   - Require photo identification to vote
   - Require states to verify citizenship of individuals when registering
   to vote
   - Implement stronger routine voter list maintenance requirements in
   states
   - Require mail-in ballots to be received by the close of polls on
   election day
   - Require states to use auditable paper ballots
   - Ban ballot harvesting
   - Ban ranked choice voting
   - Ban universal vote by mail

If you were thinking "*great!**  they're banning **RCV/IRV*", bear in mind
that the actual bill contains this:
> *"A State may not carry out a general election for Federal office in the
State using a voting system that— (1) permits a voter to vote for more than
one candidate for the same office; (2) permits a voter to rank multiple
candidates for the same office; or (3) reallocates the vote of a voter from
one candidate to another candidate for the same office."*

Whee!  One of us (maybe me, maybe y'all) should update this electowiki
article as you learn more about this bill:
https://electowiki.org/wiki/Make_Elections_Great_Again_Act

Rob
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