On November 2, the King County Superior Court upheld Seattle’s system of public financing for candidates for city office. Unlike most public financing systems for candidates, voters who support a particular candidate aren’t required to give a small donation to a candidate to help that candidate receive public funding. Instead every voter is given vouchers, and the voter then decides whether to use that voucher to help a particular candidate. Candidates with enough vouchers then receive the public funding.

Here is the eight-page decision in Elster v City of Seattle, 17-2-16501-8. Seattle has non-partisan city elections, and the voucher program treats all candidates equally. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.