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Seattle’s public funding for candidates experiment may be both good and bad for democracy
Seattle’s public funding for candidates experiment may be both good and bad for democracy
Next week sees Seattle residents go to the polls to elect a new mayor and City Councillors. Tory Mallett writes that what makes this election worth watching is that in Seattle, voters are able to ‘spend’ up to $100 on contributions to candidates’ campaigns via a property-tax funded voucher scheme. While the system may appear to enhance democracy by […]