Seattle became the first U.S. city to approve “democracy vouchers” as a way of public financing of political campaigns in 2015. Supporters say the idea democratizes political campaigns by giving regular folks money to contribute as they choose, presumably taking some power away from rich people, companies and organizations that seem to dominate campaign finance.
You do not get a new batch of democracy vouchers for the general election, but if you didn’t use yours in the primary election, you can still “spend” them during the general election. As the city’s election site explains, you have until Nov. 30 (yes, weeks after the election) to give your vouchers to a
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