Cville Dems

Early voting for June primary races ends Saturday, June 14, 5pm at your Registrar’s Office (weekdays the office is open until 4:30pm). The primary election is Tuesday, June 17, when you can vote at your precinct polling location from 6am-7pm (if you’re still in line at 7pm you can vote).

Cville voters will be able to vote via ranked-choice voting (see below) for City Council candidates. The other primary races will be for Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General. In addition, Abigail Spanberger is running unopposed as our Democratic gubernatorial candidate.

Voters can also apply for a ballot to be mailed through this 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, 22902), phone# 434-970-3250.

Lieutenant Governor (in alphabetical order)

• Attorney and former local union president Alex Bastani of Northern Va.
• State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi of Chesterfield
• Prince William County School Board Chair and physician Babur Lateef
• State Sen. Aaron Rouse of Virginia Beach
• Attorney Victor Salgado, a former Dept. of Justice prosecutor of Arlington
• Former Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney

Attorney General (in alphabetical order)

• Former Va. Delegate Jay Jones of Norfolk
• Commonwealth’s Attorney for Henrico County Shannon Taylor 

Charlottesville City Council (in randomized order for the ballot listing)

• Juandiego Wade
• Brian Pinkston
• Jen Fleisher

This race, and only this race, will use ranked-choice voting for the first time in Charlottesville. Rather than voting for just one candidate by filling in a circle, you’ll rank each candidate as either your first, second, or third choice. Your preferred candidate will be ranked #1, your second preferred candidate as #2, and your third preferred candidate as #3… and the top two candidates win. For more details on ranked-choice voting, read this article and/or watch this video.

“Thursdays at Ix Park” Begins June 26

(every week 5-7pm)

Our volunteer activities at Ix Park will resume this year on June 26, after the June 17 primary chooses the winning candidates. This year we’ll also be helping Lily Franklin in the Blacksburg (VA-41) House of Delegates District with cards, calls, and texts. She lost by under 200 votes last time!

PROTESTS (thank you, Indivisible!): Wed, May 21, 12-1 PM, Federal Ct. House (255 W. Main St), Rule of Law (let’s protect it!) Wed, May 21, 4-7PM, Protest Sign-Making Party, Unitarian Universalist Church, 717 Rugby Rd. Materials will be provided. Just show up or email Kristine if you need more details: k.montamat@gmail.com Sat, June 14, 12-2 PM, Stonefield corner, 29/Hydraulic, No Kings Day!