; finding of constitutional authority (a) Short Title This Act may be cited as the Ranked Choice Voting Act . (b) Finding of Constitutional authority Congress finds that it has the authority to establish the terms and conditions States must follow in administering elections for the offices of Senator and Representative in Congress because the authority granted to Congress under article I, section 4 of the Constitution of the United States gives Congress the power to enact laws governing the time, place, and manner of elections for such offices. 2. Requiring ranked choice voting for election of Senators and Representatives (a) In General Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new subtitle: C Ranked Choice Voting 1 Requiring Ranked Choice Voting for Election of Senators and Representatives 321. Requiring ranked choice voting for election of Senators and Representatives (a) Ranked Choice Voting Each State shall carry out elections for the office of Senator and the office of Representative in Congress, including primary, special, and general elections for such office, using a system of ranked choice voting (also known as instant runoff voting) under which each voter shall rank the candidates for the office in the order of the voter’s preference, in accordance with this title. (b) Ballot Design Each State shall ensure that the ballot used in an election carried out using a system of ranked choice voting under this title meets each of the following requirements: (1) The ballot shall be simple and easy to understand. (2) The ballot shall include all qualified candidates for the election and (to the extent permitted under State law) options for voters to select write-in candidates. If feasible, the ballot shall permit voters to rank every candidate in the election. If it is not feasible for the ballot to permit voters to rank every candidate, the State may limit the number of candidates who may be ranked on the ballot to not fewer than 6.