Expanding Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) for local elections

This bill updates and makes permanent the 2020 pilot program allowing localities to use ranked choice voting (RCV) for elections for local governing bodies, also expanding eligibility to town councils. The State Board of Elections must quickly determine practicality, set rules, approve software, and publish voter education. An opt-out provision allows localities to back out if it is determined they cannot technically conduct RCV. The bill codifies best practices for RCV elections and directs the Department of Elections to develop a framework to certify any required election technology.

66.7%

Alignment

Yes

Abstain

House

H VOTE: · Feb 25, 2026 · pass

Legislator	Party	District	Their vote	District vote
Patrick Hope	Democratic	VA0001L	yes	N/A
Adele McClure	Democratic	VA0002L	yes	N/A
Alfonso Lopez	Democratic	VA0003L	yes	N/A
Charniele Herring	Democratic	VA0004L	yes	N/A
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker	Democratic	VA0005L	N/A	N/A
Kirk McPike	Democratic	VA0005L	yes	N/A
Rip Sullivan	Democratic	VA0006L	yes	N/A
Karen Keys-Gamarra	Democratic	VA0007L	yes	N/A
Irene Shin	Democratic	VA0008L	yes	N/A
Karrie Delaney	Democratic	VA0009L	yes	N/A
Dan Helmer	Democratic	VA0010L	yes	N/A
David Bulova	Democratic	VA0011L	yes	N/A
Gretchen Bulova	Democratic	VA0011L	N/A	N/A
Holly Seibold	Democratic	VA0012L	yes	N/A
Marcus Simon	Democratic	VA0013L	yes	N/A
Vivian Watts	Democratic	VA0014L	yes	N/A
Laura Jane Cohen	Democratic	VA0015L	yes	N/A
Paul Krizek	Democratic	VA0016L	yes	N/A
Garrett McGuire	Democratic	VA0017L	yes	N/A
Mark Sickles	Democratic	VA0017L	N/A	N/A
Kathy Tran	Democratic	VA0018L	yes	N/A
J.R. Henson	Democratic	VA0019L	yes	N/A
Michelle Maldonado	Democratic	VA0020L	yes	N/A
Josh Thomas	Democratic	VA0021L	yes	N/A
Ian Lovejoy	Republican	VA0022L	N/A	N/A
Liz Guzmán	Democratic	VA0022L	yes	N/A
Candi King	Democratic	VA0023L	N/A	N/A
Margaret Franklin	Democratic	VA0023L	N/A	N/A
Luke Torian	Democratic	VA0024L	yes	N/A
Briana Sewell	Democratic	VA0025L	no	N/A
J.J. Singh	Democratic	VA0026L	yes	yes
Atoosa Reaser	Democratic	VA0027L	yes	N/A
David Reid	Democratic	VA0028L	yes	N/A
Marty Martinez	Democratic	VA0029L	yes	N/A
Geary Higgins	Republican	VA0030L	N/A	yes
John McAuliff	Democratic	VA0030L	yes	yes
Delores Oates	Republican	VA0031L	no	N/A
Bill Wiley	Republican	VA0032L	no	N/A
Justin Pence	Republican	VA0033L	no	N/A
Tony Wilt	Republican	VA0034L	no	N/A
Chris Runion	Republican	VA0035L	no	N/A
Ellen McLaughlin	Republican	VA0036L	no	N/A
Terry Austin	Republican	VA0037L	no	N/A
Sam Rasoul	Democratic	VA0038L	yes	N/A
Will Davis	Republican	VA0039L	no	N/A
Joe McNamara	Republican	VA0040L	no	N/A
Chris Obenshain	Republican	VA0041L	N/A	N/A
Lily Franklin	Democratic	VA0041L	yes	N/A
Jason Ballard	Republican	VA0042L	no	N/A
Will Morefield	Republican	VA0043L	no	N/A
Israel O'Quinn	Republican	VA0044L	no	N/A
Terry Kilgore	Republican	VA0045L	no	N/A
Jed Arnold	Republican	VA0046L	N/A	N/A
Mitchell Cornett	Republican	VA0046L	no	N/A
Wren Williams	Republican	VA0047L	no	yes
Eric Phillips	Republican	VA0048L	no	N/A
Danny Marshall	Republican	VA0049L	N/A	N/A
Madison Whittle	Republican	VA0049L	no	N/A
Tommy Wright	Republican	VA0050L	no	N/A
Eric Zehr	Republican	VA0051L	no	N/A
Wendell Walker	Republican	VA0052L	no	N/A
Tim Griffin	Republican	VA0053L	N/A	N/A
Katrina Callsen	Democratic	VA0054L	yes	N/A
Amy Laufer	Democratic	VA0055L	yes	N/A
Tom Garrett	Republican	VA0056L	no	N/A
David Owen	Republican	VA0057L	N/A	N/A
May Nivar	Democratic	VA0057L	yes	N/A
Rod Willett	Democratic	VA0058L	yes	N/A
Buddy Fowler	Republican	VA0059L	no	N/A
Scott Wyatt	Republican	VA0060L	no	N/A
Mike Webert	Republican	VA0061L	no	N/A
Karen Hamilton	Republican	VA0062L	no	N/A
Nick Freitas	Republican	VA0062L	N/A	N/A
Phil Scott	Republican	VA0063L	no	N/A
Paul Milde	Republican	VA0064L	N/A	N/A
Stacey Carroll	Democratic	VA0064L	yes	N/A
Josh Cole	Democratic	VA0065L	yes	N/A
Bobby Orrock	Republican	VA0066L	N/A	N/A
Nicole Cole	Democratic	VA0066L	yes	N/A
Hillary Pugh Kent	Republican	VA0067L	no	N/A
Keith Hodges	Republican	VA0068L	no	N/A
Chad Green	Republican	VA0069L	N/A	N/A
Mark Downey	Democratic	VA0069L	yes	N/A
Shelly Simonds	Democratic	VA0070L	yes	N/A
Amanda Batten	Republican	VA0071L	N/A	N/A
Jessica Anderson	Democratic	VA0071L	yes	N/A
Lee Ware	Republican	VA0072L	no	N/A
Leslie Mehta	Democratic	VA0073L	yes	N/A
Mark Earley	Republican	VA0073L	N/A	N/A
Mike Cherry	Republican	VA0074L	yes	N/A
Carrie Coyner	Republican	VA0075L	N/A	N/A
Lindsey Dougherty	Democratic	VA0075L	yes	N/A
Debra Gardner	Democratic	VA0076L	yes	N/A
Charlie Schmidt	Democratic	VA0077L	yes	N/A
Betsy Carr	Democratic	VA0078L	yes	N/A
Rae Cousins	Democratic	VA0079L	yes	N/A
Destiny LeVere Bolling	Democratic	VA0080L	yes	N/A
Delores McQuinn	Democratic	VA0081L	yes	N/A
Kim Adams	Democratic	VA0082L	yes	N/A
Kim Taylor	Republican	VA0082L	N/A	N/A
Otto Wachsmann	Republican	VA0083L	no	N/A
Nadarius Clark	Democratic	VA0084L	yes	N/A
Cia Price	Democratic	VA0085L	yes	N/A
A.C. Cordoza	Republican	VA0086L	N/A	N/A
Virgil Thornton	Democratic	VA0086L	yes	N/A
Jeion Ward	Democratic	VA0087L	yes	N/A
Don Scott	Democratic	VA0088L	yes	N/A
Baxter Ennis	Republican	VA0089L	N/A	N/A
Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones		VA0089L	N/A	N/A
Kacey Carnegie	Democratic	VA0089L	yes	N/A
Jay Leftwich	Republican	VA0090L	no	N/A
Cliff Hayes	Democratic	VA0091L	yes	N/A
Bonita Anthony	Democratic	VA0092L	yes	N/A
Jackie Glass	Democratic	VA0093L	yes	N/A
Phil Hernandez	Democratic	VA0094L	yes	N/A
Alex Askew	Democratic	VA0095L	yes	N/A
Kelly Fowler	Democratic	VA0096L	yes	N/A
Michael Feggans	Democratic	VA0097L	yes	N/A
Barry Knight	Republican	VA0098L	N/A	N/A
Anne Ferrell Tata	Republican	VA0099L	no	N/A
Rob Bloxom	Republican	VA0100L	no	N/A

Senate

Passage R · Feb 2, 2026 · pass

Legislator	Party	District	Their vote	District vote
Timmy French	Republican	VA0001U	no	N/A
Mark Obenshain	Republican	VA0002U	no	N/A
Chris Head	Republican	VA0003U	no	N/A
David Suetterlein	Republican	VA0004U	no	N/A
Travis Hackworth	Republican	VA0005U	no	N/A
Todd Pillion	Republican	VA0006U	no	N/A
Bill Stanley	Republican	VA0007U	no	yes
Mark Peake	Republican	VA0008U	no	N/A
Tammy Mulchi	Republican	VA0009U	no	N/A
Luther Cifers	Republican	VA0010U	no	N/A
Creigh Deeds	Democratic	VA0011U	yes	N/A
Glen Sturtevant	Republican	VA0012U	no	N/A
Lashrecse Aird	Democratic	VA0013U	yes	N/A
Lamont Bagby	Democratic	VA0014U	yes	N/A
Ghazala Hashmi	Democratic	VA0015U	N/A	N/A
Mike Jones	Democratic	VA0015U	yes	N/A
Schuyler VanValkenburg	Democratic	VA0016U	yes	N/A
Emily Jordan	Republican	VA0017U	no	N/A
Louise Lucas	Democratic	VA0018U	yes	N/A
Christie Craig	Republican	VA0019U	no	N/A
Bill DeSteph	Republican	VA0020U	no	N/A
Angelia Graves	Democratic	VA0021U	yes	N/A
Aaron Rouse	Democratic	VA0022U	yes	N/A
Mamie Locke	Democratic	VA0023U	yes	N/A
Danny Diggs	Republican	VA0024U	no	N/A
Richard Stuart	Republican	VA0025U	no	N/A
Ryan McDougle	Republican	VA0026U	no	N/A
Tara Durant	Republican	VA0027U	no	N/A
Bryce Reeves	Republican	VA0028U	no	N/A
Jeremy McPike	Democratic	VA0029U	yes	N/A
Danica Roem	Democratic	VA0030U	yes	N/A
Russet Perry	Democratic	VA0031U	yes	yes
Kannan Srinivasan	Democratic	VA0032U	yes	yes
Jennifer Carroll Foy	Democratic	VA0033U	yes	N/A
Scott Surovell	Democratic	VA0034U	yes	N/A
Dave Marsden	Democratic	VA0035U	yes	N/A
Stella Pekarsky	Democratic	VA0036U	yes	N/A
Saddam Salim	Democratic	VA0037U	yes	N/A
Jennifer Boysko	Democratic	VA0038U	yes	N/A
Adam Ebbin	Democratic	VA0039U	yes	N/A
Barbara Favola	Democratic	VA0040U	yes	N/A