The program sends eligible Seattle residents four $25 vouchers to then donate those funds to a candidate of their choice, according to Mayor Harrell’s office.

Democracy vouchers were approved by Seattle voters back in 2015, but time is running out on the first-in-the-nation program.

Harrell's push to renew democracy vouchers comes as the program hits 10 years and faces a potential sunsetting. Without a renewal, the program will end.

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has announced a proposed property tax levy renewal that would increase funding for a public campaign financing voucher program by 50%. Seattle’s Democracy Voucher Program was created and approved by voters in 2015 with the intention of increasing participation in local elections across all Seattle