League of Women Voters Rank-choice Voting Informational Meeting
May 7 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
For the first time, ranked-choice voting will decide who wins the Charlottesville City Council Primary Election on June 17. For more on ranked-choice voting, click here.
Ranked-choice voting has been used to select candidates since the 1850s, and is used in 62 jurisdictions across 24 states, according to FairVote, a nonpartisan organization.
The League of Women Voters is conducting informational meetings on ranked-choice:
- Sunday, April 6,3:00pm, Central Library’s Swanson Room, 201 E. Market Street Charlottesville
- Wednesday, May 7, online,1:30pm; register in advance at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1254496846839.
Democratic primary City Council candidates now include Juandiego Wade (mayor) and Bryan Pinkston (vice mayor) and Jen Fleisher. Two Democratic nominees will be elected at the June 17 primary to run in the November general election.
We were fortunate to have two council primary candidates speak at our March 25 Jefferson School meeting, Wade and Pinkston (Fleisher was invited as well). We also heard from Jason Vandever for Treasurer, James Brown for Sheriff, and Todd Divers for Commissioner of the Revenue. Attendees who wished to add them to the June 17 Democratic primary ballot signed their petitions.
