Asked why he still hadn’t yet spent his $100 in democracy vouchers for a progressive Seattle City Council candidate like Nilu Jenks, District 5 resident Mike Reynolds says he’s saving all of his to buy one big democracy.
“Been saving up for quite a while now—since the first year of the voucher program in 2017 to be exact,” said Reynolds, patting a savings jar full of almost a thousand dollars in vouchers he could have given over the last decade to grass-roots candidates. “I know I could have had a little democracy here and there if I spent more of it every now and then, but I’d really rather just save up until I have enough to buy one big, nice democracy instead.”
Reynolds estimates he’ll have enough to buy one in another decade or two.
“By 2037, I think I’ll have about $2,000, which according to my calculations, allows me to finally buy the big democracy they have somewhere behind the City Hall counter where you redeem your vouchers,” Reynolds said. “When I was a kid, my friends thought I was crazy for saving up arcade tickets for years to buy the big, four-foot Scooby Doo on the wall, but one day I finally showed those whoopie cushion settlers all about the hard-earned joy of delayed gratification.”
At press time, a person who knows that’s not how the democracy vouchers work was not available for comment or breaking it to Reynolds.
