1.0Sightline Institutehttps://www.sightline.orgMargaret Moraleshttps://www.sightline.org/profile/margaretmorales/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="H9aKxW9Dfg"><a href="https://www.sightline.org/2017/11/28/seattles-democracy-vouchers-are-changing-the-campaign-trail-for-candidates-and-city-residents/">Seattle’s Democracy Vouchers Are Changing the Campaign Trail for Candidates and City Residents</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.sightline.org/2017/11/28/seattles-democracy-vouchers-are-changing-the-campaign-trail-for-candidates-and-city-residents/embed/#?secret=H9aKxW9Dfg" width="600" height="338" title="“Seattle’s Democracy Vouchers Are Changing the Campaign Trail for Candidates and City Residents” — Sightline Institute" data-secret="H9aKxW9Dfg" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.sightline.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Democracy-Voucher-Sample-by-City-of-Seattle-used-with-permission-e1483654719383.png900344When Seattleites adopted the democracy voucher program in 2015 they made a bold decision to become national leaders in campaign finance reform. Democracy vouchers had never been tried anywhere before. They were an exciting idea, but no one really knew how they would play out. On November 7th, the city closed its first ever election […]