Virginia law gives the people a weapon. Under Va. Code § 24.2-233, any supervisor who neglects their duty, misuses their office, or is incompetent in their duties can be removed by citizen petition. We are organized. We are counting. And we are ready.
Each supervisor below can be removed with valid signatures equal to 10% of the votes cast in their last election. This board tracks how many citizens have pledged to sign. When a bar reaches its threshold, we email every registered pledge holder and organize in-person signings to collect the legal pen-and-ink signatures needed to file.
Thresholds shown as TBD are pending certified vote totals from the Orange County Registrar. The instant those numbers are confirmed, the countdown goes live.
Virginia law gives citizens the power to remove elected officials who stop listening. This board is how we hold them accountable.
The petition names the neglect of duty, misuse of office, or incompetence — in writing, with reasonable accuracy and detail.
Citizens pledge here. We watch each district climb toward its 10% threshold. Every name is a number a supervisor can see rising.
When a district hits its number, we email every pledge holder with signing locations and dates. Registered voters sign by hand — the only signature that counts.
A board that sees the numbers climbing has a choice: represent the people, or face a petition in Circuit Court. The point is to make them govern like they're being watched — because they are.
Under subdivision 1 of the statute, a supervisor can be removed without any criminal conviction. The standard is whether their conduct has had a material adverse effect on their office.
These grounds apply equally to every supervisor, regardless of how long they have held the seat. Undisclosed conflicts of interest, votes that should have been recused, and decisions that serve private interests over the public trust — each is a documented path to a removal petition under Virginia law.
The people of Orange County are not asking. They are organizing.
Your pledge tells us you're ready to sign if it comes to that. When your district reaches its threshold, we'll email you with signing locations and dates to collect the legal signatures. The goal is simple: make the board govern like they answer to the people — because a supervisor who sees the number climbing knows exactly what it means.
Name, email, and your district. Private. Used only to call you to the signing.
"I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations."James MadisonWritten at Montpelier — in Orange County, Virginia
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