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Both Seattle mayoral candidates have officially been released from the general election spending limit, as contributions continue flooding in.
by Rich Smith • May 7, 2021 at 4:40 pm The game is afoot. Lester Black Many of Seattle's mayoral campaign representatives have praised the city's unique public campaign financing program for limiting the influence of big donors and creating time and space for candidates to run on the issues. But that dynamic will soon change now that an independent expenditure supporting former Seattle City Council President Bruce Harrell has officially filed with the city's elections commission. Campaigns that participate in the city's Democracy Voucher Program ...
Can San Jose have publicly-financed elections? A voter drops off ballots in a neighborhood ballot drop box. Photo by Lorraine Gabbert. The promise to get money out of politics has propelled several San Jose politicos to office. Actually implementing corporate-free elections is tougher. Councilmembers and local activists are pushing for a way to level the playing field for contributions through publicly-financed elections. In that system, the local government provides each registered voter with a voucher to spend on any candidate of their choice. The idea is it encourages participation from e...
More than a dozen people filed following Jenny Durkan's decision not to run for re-election. Credit: AP Photo/Ted S. Warren An entrance to Seattle City Hall is shown, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, in downtown Seattle. Author: KING 5 Staff Updated: 8:16 AM PDT March 19, 2021 SEATTLE — With the position of mayor of Seattle being left vacant following Jenny Durkan's decision not to run for re-election, more than a dozen people have filed to campaign in the primary election. Elected mayors serve four-year terms and are responsible for ensuring the laws of the city are...
UpdatedTue, Feb 9, 2021 at 3:34 am CT Reply Austinites for Progressive Reform pitches ambitious campaign finance laws for a May ballot but one aspect excludes a swath of the citizenry. (Shutterstock) AUSTIN, TX — Austin City Council on Tuesday is scheduled to listen to a presentation on the potential use of "Democracy Dollars" designed to replace local campaign finance rules — a proposal stemming from a citizen-initiated petition by a political coalition that garnered enough petition signatures to place it on the May 1 ballot. But concern has arisen over citizens who would be excluded fro...