On the latest episode of sound politics, the vast majority of Americans say that money in politics is a threat to democracy.

Seattle came up with a novel solution.

Give everyone money to donate to candidates.

Now, is that working?

We'll talk about it ahead of the August 5th primary when voters will decide if the democracy voucher program

should stick around. That's on the latest sound politics, wherever you get your podcasts.

Hey, good morning, Patricia Murphy here. It's Saturday. This is Seattle now. Today, we're bringing

you the best from the KUOW Newsroom.

King County's Health Department has published innovative and educational comic strips about public health issues for more than 15 years.

The county hires local comics artists to tackle issues like long-term COVID, preparing for a natural disaster,

and how to deal with a failing septic system.

Kyle Norris talked to Meredith Lee Vollmer, the heartbeat behind this project,

about comic books, bringing excitement to public health messaging,

and how they reach people in more than 20 different languages.

Here's Kyle.

Meredith Lee Volmer works for the King County Health Department in communications.

At the moment, she's wandering around the giant free health clinic that happens each spring at Seattle Center. Meredith is carrying her

sketchbook and her favorite pencil because she's not looking for health care. She's looking for

someone to draw. She finds a potential subject in Dr. Sauti Mighty. How did you get involved

with the clinic? Yeah. So I am an optometrist, so I practice here in Seattle.

Sootti stands next to a machine that looks like a steampunk mask with all these lenses and knobs

that she uses to fine-tune people's eyeglass prescriptions.

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