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The Richmond City Council is preparing to vote on whether they should use ranked choice voting (RCV) or their future elections. RCV makes democracy more fair and functional. It rewards candidates with broad appeal who are able to build consensus and ensures that the winner has support from the majority of voters.

Ranked Choice Voting is a better way to run local elections. Tell your City Councilor that you support RCV and encourage them to vote YES.

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Tell your Councilor that RCV:

Promotes candidates who build consensus
Ensures that the winner has support from the majority of voters.
Is very popular and easy-to-understand in localities that already use it
Has a proven track record of being beneficial to minorities and women seeking public office

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Why just City Council?

The option to adopt RCV for local legislature elections (City Council or Board of Supervisors) comes from HB1103, a bill passed through the General Assembly is 2020.

The bill created a pilot program, through which any locality could decide to try Ranked Choice Voting for their elections. The bill is narrowly focused and does not include an option to use RCV for elections for School Board or other constitutional offices.

If localities try RCV and like it, they can encourage the General Assembly to expand the pilot program to include other offices.

Who supports RCV in RVA?

Locally, the Richmond Crusade for Voters, Metro Richmond Area League of Women Voters, and Richmond City Democratic Committee have all formally endorsed ranked choice voting. That’s in addition to the statewide and national support for RCV from Republicans, Democrats, and Independents.

Read Jonathan Davis’ column on how RCV builds on VA’s voting rights momentum.

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