$76.49 Per Vote. The Folly of Public Financing.

A Ructions reader points out the per vote cost to the public in one special election campaign. In the 39th House District, Republican Kat Goulart qualified for a $21,112.53 grant from the public purse. In the overwhelmingly Democratic district Goulart received 276 votes, placing third in the four-way race to succeed Democrat Chris Soto, who declined to keep his pledge to serve in the office he sought and won in November.

The grant for the short campaign means Goulart spent $76.49 in public funds for each vote she received. No wonder we are on the verge of taxing textbooks and over the counter medicine.