Rank choice voting is becoming more popular nationwide with 62 cities, counties and states using this voting method, including New York City, Minneapolis and locally in Arlington County.

What could ranked choice voting look like in Fairfax County?

Learn more at my town hall meeting:

📆 Monday, Feb. 23

🕖7 - 8:30 p.m.

📍1801 Cameron Glen Dr., Reston

Hear insights from two experts:

• Gretchen Reinemeyer, Arlington County Director of Elections: Arlington was the first 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 Up Vote Virginia: a nonpartisan organization focused on improving election systems, including ranked choice voting, campaign finance reform and fully independent redistricting.

Staff from the Fairfax County Office of Elections will also participate to discuss how rank choice voting might work in Fairfax County.

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.