| Scott McCaffrey | ARLnow |
Falls Church will be able to hold ranked-choice City Council elections as early as 2027, if current Council members want to make the switch.
We’ll start looking at it
The city is on track to acquire new voting equipment that would accommodate the ranked-choice format in time for the 2027 elections, city elections director David Bjerke told the Falls Church Electoral Board on Monday.
“We’ll start looking at it toward the end of this year [and] do procurement in early 2027,” Bjerke said.
Since 2021, Virginia localities have had the option to move from a first-past-the-post format to a ranked-choice alternative for governing-body elections. Arlington was the first jurisdiction to make the change for general elections in 2024.