Voters in Seattle getting $100 each to donate to candidates
by TOM JAMES | Associated PressWednesday, June 19th 2019
In this photo taken Monday, June 10, 2019, Seattle City Council candidate Pat Murakami, right, looks on as voter Lashaun Hartfield signs a replacement voucher for Murakami's campaign in Seattle. A first-of-its-kind public campaign finance program in Seattle gives voters vouchers worth $100 to pass on to any candidate they want. Now in its second election cycle, advocates say the program can level the political playing field, although its first round in Seattle showed mixed results. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
SEATTLE (AP) — On a muggy spring morning, Seattle City Council candidate Pat Murakami weaves through front yards and porches, knocking on doors in a gritty but gentrifying neighborhood.
It's a tradition for political hopefuls. And for Murakami, a two-time council contender, it's her main fundraising strategy, thanks to a first-of-its-kind program allowing Seattle voters to give candidates taxpayer money to fuel their campaigns.
"I would have been a complete non-contender without the program," she said of her first race in 2017, when she beat six other primary candidates before losing the general election.
Now entering its second election,
Seattle's voter voucher-based campaign financing program is drawing national attention with support from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat from New York and presidential contender who proposes duplicating it at the federal level. It's one of at least eight public campaign finance programs enacted by city and county governments across the U.S. since 2015...……….
https://komonews.com/news/local/voters-in-seattle-getting-100-each-to-donate-to-candidates-06-19-2019And none of the Seattle City Council people should have been elected
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