{"id":15146,"date":"2019-10-28T09:32:40","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T16:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=15146"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:45:20","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:45:20","slug":"democracy-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/democracy-dollars\/","title":{"rendered":"Democracy Dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rub-s4vi-sc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>October 25, 2019 \u2013 New Mexico in Focus takes a closer look at Albuquerque\u2019s plan for a public campaign finance voucher system, termed \u201cDemocracy Dollars.\u201d Advocates say it\u2019s a way to counteract the influence of money from a few wealthy donors who finance candidates for city elections. Detractors say it\u2019s a misguided effort that would be applied too broadly and unfairly favor organizing committees who would snap up vouchers and give them to candidates. To discuss the pros and cons of the proposal, Senior Producer Matt Grubs sits down, separately, with advocate Eric Griego of the New Mexico Working Families Party and Pat Rogers, a local attorney and conservative advocate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guests:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Eric Griego, New Mexico Working Families Party<br \/>\nPat Rogers, attorney<\/p>\n<p><strong>For Further Reading: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabq.gov\/vote\/2019-local-election\/democracy-dollars\">Democracy Dollars Information<\/a> \u2013 City of Albuquerque<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabq.gov\/vote\/documents\/r-165enacted.pdf\">Democracy Dollars Proposal Document<\/a> \u2013 City of Albuquerque<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabq.gov\/vote\/2019-local-election\">2019 Local Election Ballot Questions<\/a> \u2013 City of Albuquerque<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.burquebucks.org\/\">Democracy Dollars #Burque Bucks<\/a> \u2013 Democracy Dollars website<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nowaynm.org\/\">Vote No: Albuquerque Democracy Dollars<\/a> \u2013 Anti- Democracy Dollars website<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattle.gov\/democracyvoucher\/program-data\/external-reports\">Seattle\u2019s Version of Democracy Dollars<\/a> \u2013 Seattle Government<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 25, 2019 \u2013 New Mexico in Focus takes a closer look at Albuquerque\u2019s plan for a public campaign finance voucher system, termed \u201cDemocracy Dollars.\u201d Advocates say it\u2019s a way to counteract the influence of money from a few wealthy donors who finance candidates for city elections. 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