Seattle is the first city in the nation to approve “democracy dollars” — a plan to send taxpayer dollars to citizens for the purpose of donating to candidates of their choice.? What ?

Though the campaign finance reform initiative was about keeping “big money” out of local politics, it was fueled by massive cash contributions, 52 percent of which came from outside the city, according to the Seattle Times. The “Honest Elections” campaign raised $1.384 million in support of Initiative 122 — 30 times what was raised by the ballot measure’s opponents. The average contribution to support the plan to curb donations to city council candidates was $7,134, compared to the average contribution of “$166 in this year’s City Council campaign between Kshama Sawant and Pamela Banks, the most expensive in city history,” the Times reported.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/11/04/big-money-bankrolled-seattles-successful-democracy-vouchers-initiative-to-clean-up-elections/