Cville Dems

The Charlottesville Democratic Committee

Call to Action, Week of Monday, May 19

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TONIGHT: ALL ARE WELCOME at the Full Committee Meeting, May 19, 6-8 pm at Fry’s Spring Beach Club patio. We’ll hear from statewide candidates and Jen Fleisher for City Council, do a ranked-choice voting exercise, and cover some important topics for spring and summer. Light refreshments served.

Tomorrow: Training for Spanberger campaign, “Talking to Strangers” on Tuesday, May 20, 4-6 pm in the Swanson Case Room of JMRL Central Library. Learn ways to be comfortable, conversational best practices, and how the Spanberger Campaign is talking with folks. Sign up: https://www.mobilize.us/spanbergerforgovernor/event/787234/

Protest to protect the Rule of Law organized by Indivisible Charlottesville, Wed., May 21, 12-1pm, Federal Office Building, 255 W. Main St. Bring signs!

Primary voting is happening now. Vote early at your your Registrar’s Office for June’s primary races, running through June 14. www.cvilledems.org

This Monday, May 19, 6pm Full Committee Meeting for ALL!

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Join us for a jam-packed Cville Dems Committee meeting THIS Monday, May 19th, from 6-8pm at Fry’s Spring Beach Club. Here’s a quick list of all that will be happening:

  • Quick Updates (Primary Election, Thursdays at Ix & Summer Bash)
  • Bodo’s Bagel Straw Poll – using 3 popular bagel types, we’ll test run ranked-choice voting so people can see how it will work on Primary Day. Bring passionate opinions about bagels!
  • Candidate Presentations – a couple for lieutenant governor, representatives for a couple other candidates, and City Council candidate Jen Fleisher will be introducing themselves.
  • Spanberger Rep Jimmy Flood will share about the Governor race and how you can help.

Photo of soaring trees lining the path down to the swimming area of Fry's Spring Beach Club. Stumps in foreground.Tons to do and lots of fun. Parking is plentiful and light refreshments will be served.

Early Voting Begins Friday for the Primary Election

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Photo of a political metal button reading “Early Voting” in the middle third with white stars above and below it (set against a blue background at top and a red background at bottom)Early voting begins this week at your Registrar’s Office for June’s primary races, running from this Friday, May 2 through June 14. Voting on Election Day, Tuesday, June 17, is done at your precinct polling location.

Cville voters will be able to vote via ranked-choice voting for City Council candidates (see below for more on ranked-choice voting). The other primary races will be for Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General. Abigail Spanberger is not being opposed as our Gubernatorial Candidate.

The Voter registration deadline is Tuesday, May 27, 2025. Voters can also apply for a ballot to be mailed to you through Friday, June 6.

The Office of Voter Registration and Elections (Registrar’s Office) for Charlottesville is located at the City Hall Annex, 120 7th St. NE, Room 142 (mailing address is PO Box 1219, same zip code), and phone number is 434-970-3250.

List of Primary Candidates with Information Links

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Photo of a piece of paper with a red checkmark above a ballot box with the words Primary Elections written in big letters

Here’s the list of the Democratic candidates you’ll see on the June primary election ballot (and in the fall Abigail Spanberger will be on the ballot for as the Democratic choice for Governor):

Lieutenant Governor (in the order you will see on the ballot)

Attorney General (in the order you will see on the ballot)

Charlottesville City Council

(listed in the randomized order for the ballot listing; you’ll rank your preferred choices as 1, 2, or 3)

For the First Time, Cville will Use Ranked Choice Voting

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Ranked-choice voting will be used for the first time in Charlottesville for its City Council primary race only. In alphabetical order, the candidates are: Jen Fleisher, Brian Pinkston, and Juandiego Wade. Voters will pick two candidates from these three. This means rather than voting for a candidate by filling in circles, you will be able to rank candidates as your first, second, and third choices when you vote. The one in third place will lose the race. For more details on ranked-choice voting, read this article and/or watch this video and/or check out Ranked Choice Virginia’s community education events.

The League of Women Voters is conducting a May 7 online information session at 1:30pm; register in advance at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1254496846839.

Summer Bash will be August 23

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Stylized graphic with Multicolored capital letters spelling out "SUMMER" + Brown capital letters spelling out "BASH"(both mounted on a wood plank backing). The plank is set on top of a summer floral arrangement.

Save the date of Saturday, August 23, for our big night of the year, the Cville Dems Summer Bash. This year, tickets for the festive night out with speakers and a fine meal from Pearl Island Catering in the (air conditioned!) Carver Rec Center will be $40 per person, and sponsorships are available at the levels of $125, $250, $500, $1,000, and $5,000. Stay tuned for more information!

This is our only fundraiser of the year, so we really appreciate all the support you can give us this August.