Democracy vouchers—or 'democracy dollars,' as they're called in Oakland—aren't a panacea—but the idea, first pioneered in Seattle, can help make campaigns fairer, writes Connecting California columnist Joe Mathews. Courtesy of AP Newsroom. Would our democracy work better if all of us were campaign donors? That's the proposition posed by democracy vouchers, an idea with Seattle origins that has reached the Golden State. This fall, voters in the city of Oakland will decide whether to distribute four vouchers, worth $25 each, to city residents ahead of future elections.

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