County manager plan; election of board members by instant runoff voting. (HB932)
Introduced By
Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington) with support from co-patron Del. Nick Freitas (R-Culpeper)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✗ |
Passed Committee |
☐ |
Passed House |
☐ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
County manager plan; election of board members by instant runoff voting. Provides that, in a county operating under the county manager plan of government, elections to nominate candidates for and to elect candidates to the board of supervisors may be conducted by instant runoff voting, which the bill describes as the method of casting and tabulating votes in which (i) voters rank candidates in order of preference, (ii) tabulation proceeds in sequential rounds in which last-place candidates are defeated, and (iii) the candidate or candidates with the most votes in the final round are elected. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/09/2018 | Committee |
| 01/09/2018 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100620D |
| 01/09/2018 | Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns |
| 01/29/2018 | Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 |
| 02/07/2018 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) |
| 02/09/2018 | Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (14-Y 8-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/10/2018 | Read first time |
| 02/12/2018 | Motion to refer to committee agreed to (51-Y 49-N) |
| 02/12/2018 | VOTE: AGREE TO MOTION (51-Y 49-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/12/2018 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 02/12/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (HB932) |
| 02/13/2018 | Left in Privileges and Elections |
Comments
This bill permits (but does not require) the Arlington County Board to put in place ranked choice voting for County-run primaries. This has been an issue locally, since Arlington Dems have stated that they wanted ranked choice for their primaries but have been unable to use it except through a caucus, and the number of voters who turn out for a caucus is much lower than the number who will turn out for a primary.
Caucuses using ranked choice have run smoothly for the Dems when used before.