Voting is broken! Let's fix it.
Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) is a voting system in which voters rank candidates by preference on their ballots. If a candidate wins a majority of first-preference votes, they are declared the winner. If no candidate wins a majority, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and votes for that candidate are redistributed to the remaining candidates, based on the next preference on each ballot. This process continues until one candidate has a majority. Learn more about how it works.
Charlottesville may become the second city in Virginia, following Arlington, to adopt ranked-choice voting for future city elections. If the ordinance passes, it would go into effect for the 2025 election.
If City Council decides to vote this new system into effect, state and national ballots will still follow the traditional format.
Small steps. Even if its only at the city level, that could go a long way in making voters aware that FPTP is not the only option.