voter-owned election
n.— «The qualifying contributions mandate is a provision that is traditionally part of voter-owned elections, another name for publicly financed elections.» —“Sign petitions, not checks” in University of North Carolina Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill) Apr. 17, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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