'Democracy vouchers' are a sham

In August, the city of Seattle put its “one-of-a-kind,” “democracy voucher” program to the test. It flunked.

Just weeks after the poor first showing by Seattle’s program, a group in Minneapolis began pushing for a similar program to be implemented. It is their hope that by following in Seattle’s footsteps, democracy vouchers would “create a more participatory and more representative democracy” in Minneapolis’ local elections. Before Minneapolis residents are saddled with an expensive, new program, they should know exactly what they are getting themselves into.