Ranked choice voting (RCV) will be implemented in the District of Columbia starting with the June 2026 Primary Election for eligible contests with three or more candidates. This follows voter approval of a ballot initiative and funding in the FY2026 budget. Voters can rank up to five candidates, and the process for tabulation and handling ties is explained.
Ranked choice voting is a voting method in which voters rank candidates in order of preference . Beginning with the June 2026 Primary Election in DC, ranked choice voting will be used in eligible contests with three or more candidates.
In 2024, DC voters supported a ballot initiative that would implement RCV in the District of Columbia. The DC Council funded RCV in the FY2026 budget.Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia;Members of the Council of the District of Columbia;In eligible contests with three or more candidates, voters may rank up to five candidates, including write-in, or as many candidates as there are in the contest if fewer than five.No. You can still vote for your 1st choice candidate. However, ranking other candidates does not harm your 1st choice.No. Only one vote counts per race. Your 2nd choice will only be considered if your 1st choice fails to get enough votes and is eliminated.It is extremely unlikely that a ranked choice election will end in a tie. However, if there is a tie at any step of the process, it will be decided “by lot”, which means the Chairperson of the Board of Elections will flip a coin.You should not give multiple candidates the same ranking, rank a candidate more than once, or skip a ranking .With RCV, voters can rank up to five candidates in order of preference. As a voter, you should: Pick your 1st choice candidate and completely fill in the oval next to their name under the 1st column.If you have a 3rd choice candidate, fill in the oval next to their name under the 3rd column.How are votes tabulated with RCV? RCV is used for eligible contests with three or more candidates. During tabulation, all 1st choice candidate votes are counted. If no candidate or candidates reach the required percentage of votes to win, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated. Votes from this eliminated candidate are then transferred to the 2nd choice candidates on a voter’s ballot. This process continues until a candidate or candidates reach the required percentage of votes to win.Votes are tabulated for particular contests using the following steps: For contests other than a general election for at-large members of the Council of the District of Columbia and any presidential preference primary election:If any candidate receives a majority of votes, they are declared the winner. If no candidate reaches a majority of votes, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and votes from the eliminated candidate are then transferred to the voters’ 2nd choice candidates.For a general election contest for at-large members of the Council of the District of Columbia, where two winners are declared,Tabulation shall then proceed in rounds until there are two candidates remaining. If there are more than two candidates with votes remaining, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and the votes from the eliminated candidate are transferred to the ballot’s next-ranked remaining active candidate.In any presidential preference primary election in which delegates are awarded to multiple candidates on a proportional basis, Each ballot counts as one vote for the highest-ranked active candidate on that ballot. Tabulation shall proceed in rounds. If the percentage of total votes cast for a candidate is above the party’s threshold for receiving delegates, the candidate is declared the winner. If there are active candidates whose percentage of the vote total is below the party’s threshold for receiving delegates, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and the ballot’s votes are then transferred to the ballot’s next-ranked remaining active candidate. This process continues until the required number of candidates remain, and they will be declared winners.Final results in ranked choice elections will not be known until all eligible ballots have been received and counted. In DC, mail-in ballots are accepted by the DC Board of Elections up to 10 days after the election, if the ballots are postmarked by Election Day”Irish gen-z romance between a filmmaker and rugby player. They both study at Trinity, whose worlds couldn't be more different: Charlie is trans, and Jace hangs with his straight-laced teammates.Read More Go to “Found letter in a Little Free Library book. I’d really love to get it back to her if we can figure out who she is.” “Found letter in a Little Free Library book. I’d really love to get it back to her if we can figure out who she is.”
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