This legislation, known as the "District of Columbia One Vote One Choice Act," proposes to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 . Its primary purpose is to prohibit the use of ranked choice voting in all elections held within the District of Columbia. Specifically, the bill introduces a new section into the Help America Vote Act, which explicitly states that the District of Columbia cannot conduct any election using a system where voters rank candidates by preference. This prohibition applies broadly to any election for public office , including those for federal office, as well as any ballot initiative or referendum . The intent is to prevent the implementation or continuation of ranked choice voting methods for all electoral processes in the District of Columbia.