Fountain Hills AZ Tea Party will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 21. The topic will be “Ranked Choice Voting.” The option to approve ranked choice voting will be on the November 2024 ballot. If approved, it would represent a major change in the way public officials are elected. The system has been instituted in California and Alaska.

The guest speaker on this issue will be Arizona State Representative Austin Smith, who was the primary sponsor in the legislature to place a prohibition against ranked choice voting to the voters.

The meeting will be held in the Pima Room of the Fountain Hills Community Center. Admission is free but donations to offset expenses are accepted. Fountain Hills AZ Tea Party has operated since October 2010 for the purpose of educating voters about matters of government and governing. For more information visit fhteaparty.us.