Stories about elections in the City of Charlottesville.
There are three candidates for three seats on Charlottesville City Council with the three Democrats having been selected in the June 20 primary. No independent candidates qualified for the ballot and the Republican Party has not run a candidate since 2015. No write-in campaigns have emerged. According to campaign finance reports compiled by the Virginia…
Should Charlottesville switch to an alternative form of voting that proponents say could increase participation? The earliest the city could make a transition to what is known as “ranked choice voting” is in 2025, but the five-member City Council got a briefing at its meeting on August 21. “Instant runoff voting, or ranked choice voting,…
There are five candidates seeking Democratic nominations for the three slots on the Charlottesville City Council.
Primary elections in Virginia are 23 days away and many have already cast their ballot on who should be three Democratic nominees for City Council. June 20 is also the last day for prospective candidates for elected school board. In Charlottesville there is so far only one candidate that has filed paperwork with the Virginia…
There are 27 days to qualify for the ballot for the November 7 general election. Today, Charlottesville City Schools announced that neither Sherry Kraft or Lashundra Bryson Morsberger will seek another term. “I have thoroughly enjoyed my service to the Board, and the time has come for me to pass the torch to the next…
Last week, the Greenbrier Neighborhood Association held the second of many planned candidate forums for the three nominations for Charlottesville City Council. The event began with opening statements beginning with Dashad Cooper who was unable to attend the May 10 event I co-hosted with Neil Williamson of the Free Enterprise Forum. (view that event) “As a Council member,…
Last week, I co-hosted held a candidate forum with the Free Enterprise Forum for four of the five candidates in the Democratic primary race for three seats on the city Council. Dashad Cooper was unable to attend. The four who were present took questions on housing, economic development, and the budget. They also were asked…
There are 34 days until party primaries in Virginia including several legislative races and City Council. But there are also races for School Board in Albemarle and Charlottesville and it’s time for a quick check-in. First, June 20 also serves as the deadline for candidates for school board races in localities that elect people to…
There are 39 days until Virginia’s political parties hold primary elections to decide who will represent them on the general election ballot in November. Early voting has been taking place for a week now. Three days ago in partnership with the Free Enterprise Forum, I helped moderate a campaign forum for candidates seeking to be…
The Democratic Primary is on June 20 but community members who want to go ahead and vote can do so beginning this Friday. “Early voting will take place in the Office of Voter Registration during regular business hours, 8:30am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday,” reads a press release sent out this morning by the Charlottesville…