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CS-10 · Implements Article Four §1; Article Nine
Portrait source: Jean-Pierre-Henri Elouis, James Wilson miniature (c. 1792). Smithsonian via Wikimedia Commons. Source

One Person. One Vote. Counted the Same Everywhere.

Your vote for President counted more or less depending on which state you lived in. Voting for who you actually wanted could hand the win to who you least wanted. And you were asked to trust results you had no way to verify. This statute fixes all three: the Electoral College is abolished, ranked-choice ends the spoiler, and every federal election gets a mandatory, auditable paper record.

Before

Your vote weighed less, and you couldn’t check the count

The Electoral College made a vote in one state worth more than a vote in another, and twice in living memory installed a President who lost the popular vote.Check it

Winner-take-all meant voting your conscience could elect your opposite. The spoiler effect wasn’t a bug people complained about — it was the machine working as built.Check it

Registration was a bureaucratic obstacle course. Early and mail voting varied wildly by state, and a signature mismatch could void your ballot with no chance to fix it.Check it

And you were asked to trust results with no mandatory audit — while partisan officials ran the counting.Check it

Now

Equal, honest, and verifiable

The Electoral College is abolished. The President is elected by national popular vote with instant-runoff. Every vote weighs exactly the same, wherever you live.

Ranked-choice voting in every federal single-winner race: rank who you actually want. The spoiler effect is dead.

Automatic registration through government contacts, same-day registration, portability, at least 20 days of early voting, no-excuse mail voting, and a 7-day window to cure a ballot problem.

Mandatory risk-limiting audits on a paper record, open-source tabulation software, public election data, and professional nonpartisan administration. You don’t have to trust it — you can check it.

Before · Electing a President

The Electoral College weighted votes unequally by state and could seat the candidate who received fewer votes.Check it

Now · Electing a President

Abolished. National popular vote with instant-runoff — the person most voters actually prefer wins, and every ballot carries identical weight from Wyoming to California.

Before · The spoiler

Voting for the candidate you truly preferred could help elect the one you liked least, so people voted defensively instead of honestly.Check it

Now · The spoiler

Ranked-choice instant runoff in all federal single-winner elections, on one uniform national algorithm. Rank your real first choice without fear — and votes for the same office get counted the same way in every state.

Before · Registering

Registration was an obstacle course of deadlines and paperwork, and moving could silently erase you from the rolls.Check it

Now · Registering

Automatic registration with opt-out through every government contact, same-day registration with ID verification, and portable registration that follows you when you move.

Before · Casting the ballot

Early voting and mail access swung wildly by state, and a technicality — a signature that didn’t match — could quietly void your vote.Check it

Now · Casting the ballot

A national floor: at least 20 days of early voting, no-excuse mail voting, mandatory notification of a ballot problem, and a 7-day period to cure it. Your vote can’t be discarded without telling you.

Before · Verifying the count

Audits were optional and inconsistent, so confidence in the result rested on trust rather than proof.Check it

Now · Verifying the count

Mandatory risk-limiting audits on federal methodology, with chain-of-custody and ballot-security requirements. The paper record makes the outcome independently checkable after the fact.

Before · The machines

Proprietary, closed voting software counted the votes, and the public simply had to take the vendor’s word.Check it

Now · The machines

Federal open-source tabulation software with a state certification and interoperability test. Anyone can inspect how the votes are counted.

Before · Who runs the election

Partisan officials administered the elections they or their allies were competing in.Check it

Now · Who runs the election

Professional standards and nonpartisan conduct requirements for election administration, plus public access to federal election data. The referee stops wearing a jersey.

Before · The revolving door

Officials left office and monetized their access as lobbyists, often immediately.Check it

Now · The revolving door

A permanent lobbying ban with defined scope and enforcement — plus a two-candidate primary guarantee so voters always have a real choice on the ballot.

This is the plain-language version. The binding text is CS-10, which implements Article Four, Section 1 and Article Nine of the Constitution.

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