VA Republican and Democratic General Assembly Members offer Ranked Choice Voting Bills (Updated)

Delegate Glenn Davis (R) offers the bill HB 1751 Elections; conduct of election; ranked choice voting; local governing bodies, school boards. This proposal expands the option to use Ranked Choice Voting to school boards. It also allows for RCV in primaries for any office and requires the State Election department to promulgate regulations for the proper and efficient administration of elections determined by ranked choice voting.

Also published to Virginia LIS today was Delegate Sally Hudson's (D) HB 2118 Elections; conduct of election; ranked choice voting; locally elected offices. This proposal expands Virginia's current law that allows Ranked Choice Voting in City Council or Boards of Supervisor elections. The bill summary reads, "Allows elections for any local or constitutional office to be conducted by ranked choice voting. Under current law, only elections of members of a county board of supervisors or a city council are allowed to be conducted by ranked choice voting."

Senator Deeds' bill, SB 1380 Elections; presidential primaries; ranked choice voting. This bill "allows political parties to hold presidential primaries using ballots that allow a voter to rank such party's candidates in his order of choice." SB 1380 already has co-sponsors.

Updated to add: Delegate Bloxom's bill HB 2301 Elections; presidential primaries; ranked choice voting. "Allows political parties to hold presidential primaries using ballots that allow a voter to rank such party's candidates in his order of choice."

Updated AGAIN to add: There are now FIVE bills proposing various optional uses of Ranked Choice Voting. Delegate Hudson has filed an additional bill, HB 2436 Primaries for federal, statewide, and General Assembly offices; ranked choice voting. This bill, if passed, permits political parties to hold primary elections for federal or statewide offices or offices in the General Assembly by ranked choice voting. The bill also allows elections for any local or constitutional office to be conducted by ranked choice voting.