Concerns build over ‘short-circuiting’ of Seattle’s fundraising rules for mayoral campaigns

Mayoral candidate Bruce Harrell. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

While Seattle mayoral candidates have already raised hundreds of thousands of dollars through individual contributions and Democracy Vouchers, independent political action committees — which caused a stir among voters in 2019 — are again leading to concerns over the city’s rules regarding fundraising.

4 candidates continue to pace field in Seattle fundraising for mayoral race

Seattle’s 2019 election saw hundreds of thousands of dollars of outside money pour into city council campaigns. Those funds came from 16 registered independent expenditure committees (IECs). And while Seattle’s Democracy Voucher program was originally designed to limit the presence of

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