'Your City Could Be Better': Why Seattle Gives Every Voter $100 — Presented By City Cast Las Vegas

About this episode

The episode discusses Seattle's Democracy Vouchers and their impact on local elections, featuring insights from City Cast Seattle's host.

Could public financing get more Las Vegans involved in local elections? For the last decade, the City of Seattle has issued $100 in vouchers to every voter to donate to the candidate of their choice in municipal elections. City Cast CEO David Plotz talks with City Cast Seattle podcast host Jane C. Hu about how these Democracy Vouchers work, how many people are participating, and what the impact on local elections has been. Plus, is the “Seattle Freeze” a real thing? Is there something your city is doing that we should be talking about? Email David now! We’re also on Instagram: @yourcitycouldbebetter Looking to advertise on Your City Could Be Better? Check out our options.

People in this episode

Host: David Plotz

Guest: Jane C. Hu

Topics covered

• public financing
• local elections
• Democracy Vouchers
• Seattle Freeze
• voter participation

Keywords

• Democracy Vouchers
• Seattle
• Las Vegas
• local elections
• voter participation
• public financing
• City Cast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: City Cast

Places: Seattle, Las Vegas

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