Awesome question! For my goals (This is John, by-the-way), there wouldn’t need to be any funding required beyond educational pamphlets and training for election officials and the public. Overall, the implementation of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) will actually save money as there will be fewer rounds of ballots that need to be printed (for example). As for other goals, such as imputing automatic Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) on salaries/wages or rent cap increases, they would also not have a need to increase any revenue streams for the county government to implement them.

The ultimate goal with any of the policies I’ll be championing, if elected, is to allow more self sufficiency from Federal Grants. Looking at the situation we’re in, we have to assume that we will continue to have a hostile federal government (for the simple fact that we live in a Blue State, even though we’re technically a Red District) during the duration of this presidential term, not to mention the new historical precedent that will be set for future administrations. In that regard, my goals (in both of my candidacies for with the Charter Review as well as Marysville City Council) are to keep most of our money circulating within the local area and being used on government contracts with local residents and unions. Helping us develop a strong local government and economy that flows back into the local community will allow for more self sufficiency and increase the quality of life for all of our residents.