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Expanding Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) for local elections (SB176)

Score:

67

%

Virginia

2026

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.

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House
Senate
Bill Number 		SB176
Motion Text 		H VOTE:
Motion Date 		2026-02-25 00:00:00
Motion Result 		pass
Vote type 		Floor Vote
Represen­tative name District voted Represen­tative voted Account­ability Voter Tally
Patrick Hope (D) Virginia-1 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Adele McClure (D) Virginia-2 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Alfonso Lopez (D) Virginia-3 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Charniele Herring (D) Virginia-4 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker (D) Virginia-5 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Rip Sullivan (D) Virginia-6 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Karen Keys-Gamarra (D) Virginia-7 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Irene Shin (D) Virginia-8 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Karrie Delaney (D) Virginia-9 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Dan Helmer (D) Virginia-10 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
David Bulova (D) Virginia-11 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Gretchen Bulova (D) Virginia-11 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Holly Seibold (D) Virginia-12 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Marcus Simon (D) Virginia-13 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Vivian Watts (D) Virginia-14 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Laura Jane Cohen (D) Virginia-15 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Paul Krizek (D) Virginia-16 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Garrett McGuire (D) Virginia-17 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Mark Sickles (D) Virginia-17 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Kathy Tran (D) Virginia-18 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
J.R. Henson (D) Virginia-19 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Michelle Maldonado (D) Virginia-20 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Josh Thomas (D) Virginia-21 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Ian Lovejoy (R) Virginia-22 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Liz Guzmán (D) Virginia-22 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Candi King (D) Virginia-23 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Margaret Franklin (D) Virginia-23 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Luke Torian (D) Virginia-24 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Briana Sewell (D) Virginia-25 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
J.J. Singh (D) Virginia-26 		Yes Yes Yes Yes: 1
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 1
Atoosa Reaser (D) Virginia-27 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
David Reid (D) Virginia-28 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Marty Martinez (D) Virginia-29 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Geary Higgins (R) Virginia-30 		Yes Na Na Yes: 1
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 1
John McAuliff (D) Virginia-30 		Yes Yes Yes Yes: 1
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 1
Delores Oates (R) Virginia-31 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Bill Wiley (R) Virginia-32 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Justin Pence (R) Virginia-33 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Tony Wilt (R) Virginia-34 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Chris Runion (R) Virginia-35 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Ellen McLaughlin (R) Virginia-36 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Terry Austin (R) Virginia-37 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Sam Rasoul (D) Virginia-38 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Will Davis (R) Virginia-39 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Joe McNamara (R) Virginia-40 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Chris Obenshain (R) Virginia-41 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Lily Franklin (D) Virginia-41 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Jason Ballard (R) Virginia-42 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Will Morefield (R) Virginia-43 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Israel O'Quinn (R) Virginia-44 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Terry Kilgore (R) Virginia-45 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Jed Arnold (R) Virginia-46 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Mitchell Cornett (R) Virginia-46 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Wren Williams (R) Virginia-47 		Yes No No Yes: 1
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 1
Eric Phillips (R) Virginia-48 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Danny Marshall (R) Virginia-49 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Madison Whittle (R) Virginia-49 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Tommy Wright (R) Virginia-50 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Eric Zehr (R) Virginia-51 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Wendell Walker (R) Virginia-52 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Tim Griffin (R) Virginia-53 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Katrina Callsen (D) Virginia-54 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Amy Laufer (D) Virginia-55 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Tom Garrett (R) Virginia-56 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
David Owen (R) Virginia-57 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
May Nivar (D) Virginia-57 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Rod Willett (D) Virginia-58 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Buddy Fowler (R) Virginia-59 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Scott Wyatt (R) Virginia-60 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Mike Webert (R) Virginia-61 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Karen Hamilton (R) Virginia-62 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Nick Freitas (R) Virginia-62 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Phil Scott (R) Virginia-63 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Paul Milde (R) Virginia-64 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Stacey Carroll (D) Virginia-64 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Josh Cole (D) Virginia-65 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Bobby Orrock (R) Virginia-66 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Nicole Cole (D) Virginia-66 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Hillary Pugh Kent (R) Virginia-67 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Keith Hodges (R) Virginia-68 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Chad Green (R) Virginia-69 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Mark Downey (D) Virginia-69 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Shelly Simonds (D) Virginia-70 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Amanda Batten (R) Virginia-71 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Jessica Anderson (D) Virginia-71 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Lee Ware (R) Virginia-72 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Leslie Mehta (D) Virginia-73 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Mark Earley (R) Virginia-73 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Mike Cherry (R) Virginia-74 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Carrie Coyner (R) Virginia-75 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Lindsey Dougherty (D) Virginia-75 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Debra Gardner (D) Virginia-76 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Charlie Schmidt (D) Virginia-77 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Betsy Carr (D) Virginia-78 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Rae Cousins (D) Virginia-79 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Destiny LeVere Bolling (D) Virginia-80 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Delores McQuinn (D) Virginia-81 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Kim Adams (D) Virginia-82 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Kim Taylor (R) Virginia-82 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Otto Wachsmann (R) Virginia-83 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Nadarius Clark (D) Virginia-84 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Cia Price (D) Virginia-85 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
A.C. Cordoza (R) Virginia-86 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Virgil Thornton (D) Virginia-86 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Jeion Ward (D) Virginia-87 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Don Scott (D) Virginia-88 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Baxter Ennis (R) Virginia-89 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Kacey Carnegie (D) Virginia-89 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Jay Leftwich (R) Virginia-90 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Cliff Hayes (D) Virginia-91 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Bonita Anthony (D) Virginia-92 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Jackie Glass (D) Virginia-93 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Phil Hernandez (D) Virginia-94 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Alex Askew (D) Virginia-95 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Kelly Fowler (D) Virginia-96 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Michael Feggans (D) Virginia-97 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Barry Knight (R) Virginia-98 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Anne Ferrell Tata (R) Virginia-99 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Rob Bloxom (R) Virginia-100 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Bill Number 		SB176
Motion Text 		Passage R
Motion Date 		2026-02-02 00:00:00
Motion Result 		pass
Vote type 		Floor Vote
Represen­tative name District voted Represen­tative voted Account­ability Voter Tally
Timmy French (R) Virginia-1 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Mark Obenshain (R) Virginia-2 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Chris Head (R) Virginia-3 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
David Suetterlein (R) Virginia-4 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Travis Hackworth (R) Virginia-5 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Todd Pillion (R) Virginia-6 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Bill Stanley (R) Virginia-7 		Yes No No Yes: 1
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 1
Mark Peake (R) Virginia-8 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Tammy Mulchi (R) Virginia-9 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Luther Cifers (R) Virginia-10 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Creigh Deeds (D) Virginia-11 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Glen Sturtevant (R) Virginia-12 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Lashrecse Aird (D) Virginia-13 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Lamont Bagby (D) Virginia-14 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Ghazala Hashmi (D) Virginia-15 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Mike Jones (D) Virginia-15 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Schuyler VanValkenburg (D) Virginia-16 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Emily Jordan (R) Virginia-17 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Louise Lucas (D) Virginia-18 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Christie Craig (R) Virginia-19 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Bill DeSteph (R) Virginia-20 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Angelia Graves (D) Virginia-21 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Aaron Rouse (D) Virginia-22 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Mamie Locke (D) Virginia-23 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Danny Diggs (R) Virginia-24 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Richard Stuart (R) Virginia-25 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Ryan McDougle (R) Virginia-26 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Tara Durant (R) Virginia-27 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Bryce Reeves (R) Virginia-28 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Jeremy McPike (D) Virginia-29 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Danica Roem (D) Virginia-30 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Russet Perry (D) Virginia-31 		Yes Yes Yes Yes: 1
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 1
Kannan Srinivasan (D) Virginia-32 		Yes Yes Yes Yes: 1
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 1
Jennifer Carroll Foy (D) Virginia-33 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Scott Surovell (D) Virginia-34 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Dave Marsden (D) Virginia-35 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Stella Pekarsky (D) Virginia-36 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Saddam Salim (D) Virginia-37 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Jennifer Boysko (D) Virginia-38 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Adam Ebbin (D) Virginia-39 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Barbara Favola (D) Virginia-40 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0

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