New Haven’s Democracy Fund wants to test expanding its pioneering mayoral public financing program to other citywide races to make them more often contested and competitive.
That’s why the program’s board voted to request $60,000 from the mayor’s upcoming Fiscal Year 2025 – 2026 budget to fund a pilot program for citywide seats, including City Clerk, Registrar of Voters and Board of Education.
The board held that vote last Wednesday night at their first meeting of the new year, which took place on the second floor of City Hall. At the same meeting, the board unanimously approved their standard election-year request of $250,000 for the fund’s mayoral public financing program, matching the amount allocated in 2023…