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# Every Seattle voter with $100 to spend
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/politics/2015/04/every-seattle-voter-100-spend/
- Published: 2015-04-07T23:45:51.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-08T10:53:12.000Z
- Author: Cody Olsen
- Tags: Politics, Troll, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-04-14 08:04, #Import 2025-05-09 15:10, #article

Citizens group [Honest Elections Seattle](http://honestelectionsseattle.org/?ref=cascadepbs.org) has filed an initiative aimed at reducing the influence of money and special interests in Seattle politics. [The Stranger highlighted](http://www.thestranger.com/blogs/slog/2015/04/03/22001764/the-newest-idea-to-get-money-out-of-politics-in-seattle-give-every-voter-100?ref=cascadepbs.org) the initiative's main components, chief among them giving all registered voters a $100 voucher they can donate to candidates running for city council, mayor or city attorney. Candidates could opt into the system, thus collecting campaign dough from a swath of voters who otherwise wouldn't be able to contribute.

The initiative also features a "cooling off" period, which would require a mayor, city council member, city attorney or any of their top aides to wait three years after leaving office before taking up a career as a lobbyist. (A similar cooling off measure for some state offices [was defeated](http://crosscut.com/troll/date/2015/03/13/how-quick-is-too-quick?ref=cascadepbs.org) in the Legislature earlier the current legislative session.)

So where would the money foe voter-vouchers come from? That would be a 10-year, $30 million dollar property tax. Honest Elections Seattle is gathering signatures now; the initiative needs 31,000 to get on the ballot.