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The Center for Tech and Civic Life asks citizens for their “support to persuade congress to allocate $400 million dollars for election infrastructure.”
Racine, WI: FOIA Response
April 24, 2024: Email- This correspondence is being sent on behalf of the City of Racine in response to your public records request (PR2023-345), in which you asked for the following records: any correspondence, including, but not limited to, emails, letters, meeting notes, call notes, between employees of the Kenosha Clerk’s office and employees of The Center for Tech and Civic Life, 233 N. Michigan Ave. Ste. 1800, Chicago, IL 60601 for a date range of 1/1/23 to present.
Georgia – The Federalist – Article: Fulton County’s Election Board Unlawfully Withholding Election Records
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Article: Fulton County Election Board wrongfully withholding records from GOP member
Fulton County’s election board and director are unlawfully withholding election records from a GOP board member, a new lawsuit alleges.
Filed on Tuesday by Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections (BRE) member Julie Adams, a Republican, the suit contends that the board and Elections Director Nadine Williams are preventing Adams from “performing her statutory duties as a BRE member” by denying her “access to essential election materials and processes by which elections in Fulton County are conducted.” Adams was appointed to the position in January and took office the following month.
“Plaintiff swore an oath to ‘prevent fraud, deceit, and abuse’ in Fulton County elections and to ‘make a true and perfect return,’” the lawsuit reads. “These obligations are frustrated by the repeated and continuing refusal to allow Plaintiff access to, and direct knowledge of, the information Plaintiff reasonably believes she needs to execute her duties faithfully and thoroughly.”
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Georgia – Epoch Times – Article: RNC Seeks Information About Illegal Election Grant In Dekalb County
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Article: RNC Suit Seeks Information About $2 Million ‘Zuckerbucks’ Grant in Georgia
The Republican National Committee is filing suit to see if one of Georgia’s most populous counties illegally received private funding for its public election activities.
On May 16, the RNC filed a one-count complaint against the DeKalb County Voter Registration and Elections Office, along with various county officials and related offices, in the Superior Court of DeKalb County, Georgia. The complaint alleges the county failed to comply with Georgia’s Open Records Act by not providing all public records related to its dealings with the U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence.
In February 2023, the county announced it received $2 million from the Alliance. At the time, the county said in a release it would join “a select bipartisan group of election officials to share best practices and strategies in their ongoing pursuit of excellence.”
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North Carolina – Port City Daily – Article: Brunswick Elections Director Fails to Get Commissioner Approval for All Requested Positions
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Article: Brunswick County Commission rejects request for two more elections employees
BRUNSWICK COUNTY — The Brunswick County commissioners and elections director reached a compromise Wednesday over the number of additional positions to fund in the next budget cycle.
Director of Elections Sara LaVere requested the county fund two new full-time positions at the board of elections. Ultimately, commissioners only agreed to one — though that is half a position more than what was in the county manager’s recommended budget.
LaVere requested at a budget workshop meeting this week for a combined voter outreach and communication position, along with a candidate coordinator to bring her full-time staff up to eight.
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The Federalist – Article: The Media’s Shameful Revisionist History of “Zuck Bucks”
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Article: Capital Research Center finds evidence of a clear bias weighted toward Democrats in 2020 election
A majority of Wisconsin voters approved a ballot measure on April 2 that made Wisconsin the 28th state to adopt a ban on private funding of elections. The next day, news headlines were filled with baseless smears. One particular article, from USA Today, used the now classic “Republicans pounce!” framing: “Trump and the GOP weaponized Mark Zuckerberg’s donations; what it means for the 2024 election.”
The article claims the Wisconsin ballot measure “[stemmed] from misinformation surrounding” Mark Zuckerberg’s infamous $400 million donation to the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL). To support this claim, the article references a Federal Elections Commission (FEC) report’s citation of a report commissioned by Mark Zuckerberg wherein former FEC chairman Michael Toner “found that more grants were given to jurisdictions who voted for Trump rather than Biden in 2020.”
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