Hosted by Supervisor Walter Alcorn.

Ranked choice voting is becoming more popular nationwide with 62 cities, counties and states using this voting method, including New York City, Minneapolis and more locally Arlington County. And political parties have intermittently used ranked choice voting to determine their party’s nominee in various Virginia and Fairfax County races.

What could ranked choice voting look like in a publicly-administered election in Fairfax County?

Come to the town hall meeting on Monday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. at the North County Governmental Center to learn more.

Speakers:

·    Gretchen Reinemeyer, Arlington County Director of Elections: Arlington was the first jurisdiction in Virginia to pilot ranked choice voting, and she’ll share how it works, what the voter feedback has been, and the lessons they’ve learned.

·    Liz White, Executive Director for UpVote Virginia: a nonpartisan organization focused on improving election systems through innovations like ranked choice voting.

Background: In 2020, Virginia passed legislation to allow localities to use ranked choice voting for city and county governing body elections until July 1, 2031. Two jurisdictions in Virginia are using it in government-administered elections: Arlington County and the city of Charlottesville. In Arlington, ranked choice voting is used in primaries for county board members and it was used for the first time in a general election in 2024. Charlottesville used RCV in its city-administered council primary election last year. 

This event is free and open to the public.