Arlington County Board Extends RCV Feedback Period to End of November

The Arlington County Board has extended its Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) community feedback period to November 30th.  

“It has been a long and tiring election season,” said Board Chair Libby Garvey. “We’d like to provide just a bit more breathing room to make sure that voters who want to weigh in, but may have been focused elsewhere, have the chance to do so.” 

Since mid-October, the County Board has been encouraging Arlingtonians, who voted in the County Board’s 2024 general election race, to share their experience using RCV via this online feedback form. The Board piloted the use of RCV in this general election and will decide, at a later date, whether to expand its use to all general elections moving forward. Community feedback will be reviewed and presented to the Board to inform this decision. 

The form takes 3 to 5 minutes to complete. Participants should note that the contents of this feedback form are subject to release under FOIA.     

About Ranked Choice Voting in Arlington 
In July 2020, the Virginia General Assembly passed a bill allowing localities to implement RCV in elections of members of a County Board of Supervisors or a City Council. The Arlington County Board piloted Ranked-Choice Voting in the 2023 County Board primary and then voted to expand its use to all subsequent County Board primaries.

To learn more about Arlington's use of RCV in County Board elections please visit the County's RCV webpage.