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The Federalist -Article: States Banning or Restricting “Zuckbucks”—UPDATED 4/10/2024

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Article: States Banning or Restricting Zuckbucks (WI Update)

Private financing of government election offices under the guise of COVID-19 relief skewed voter turnout in the 2020 election and may have tipped the presidential election to Joe Biden.

The chief culprit was Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who poured $350 million into one sleepy nonprofit, the Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL). CTCL then distributed grants to hundreds of county and city elections officials in 47 states and the District of Columbia.

Despite its claims that the grants were strictly for COVID-19 relief, not partisan advantage, the data show otherwise. CRC research into grants distributed in key states—Arizona and Nevada, Texas, Michigan and Wisconsin, Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Georgia—has documented their partisan effects. We have also catalogued our major findings at InfluenceWatch.

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A Letter to the Editor in Coconino County, AZ encouraging the county to withdraw from the USAEE.

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Milwaukee Public Library & Cities Forward Grant Proposal- 3/4/24

Milwaukee Public Library & Election Commission Civic Engagement Grant Proposal of $250,000 with included timeline.

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Milwaukee Cities Forward Election Commission Grant Agreement- 3/4/24

Election Administration Grant request from Cities Forward (total amount equal to $786,850), with itemized list of requests.

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Coconino County Members of the Board Meeting- 2/20/24:

Recommended motion to approve a grant from U.S. Election Assistance Commission in the amount of $10,000 to initiate a Help America Vote (HAVA) College Program Service Day Mini-Grant Program in collaboration with Northern Arizona University.

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DeKalb County Board of Registration and Elections Meeting Minutes-1/11/24:

Ms. Nancy Jester, Board Attendee, inquired about the proposed 2024 budget and the stakeholder meeting. She also requested information from the law department regarding grants and the County’s membership with the Center for Tech and Civic Life.

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Arizona – Alter Net – Article: ‘Zuckerbucks’

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‘Zuckerbucks’: 2020 election conspiracy theories return to Missouri and Arizona

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It turns out that right-wing activists have learned the same lesson as Hollywood: Everyone loves a sequel.

You may remember the nonprofit Center for Tech and Civic Life from the so-called “Zuckerbucks” controversy during the 2020 election. That was when a couple of nonprofits including the Center for Tech and Civic Life distributed hundreds of millions of dollars that had been donated by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, as no-strings-attached grants to local election officials. Despite no evidence of partisanship (and lots of people checked), right-wing activists and critics labeled the funding a political act aimed at boosting turnout of Democratic voters.

CTCL now has a new program, the U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence. It’s a group of 15 counties, all of whom submitted applications, who work together to share best practices and create things such as a voluntary set of standards for recruitment, training, management, and retention of poll workers, a major concern for election officials around the country.

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Wisconsin – 19.59

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WI: Chapter 19.59 – Codes of ethics for local government officials, employees and candidates.

Wisconsin Legislature’s Chapter 19, section 59, Covering Ethics in Government. Current as of February 27th, 2024 and courtesy of the Wisconsin State Legislature.

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NV – Chapter 281A

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NRS: Chapter 281A – Ethics in Government

Nevada Legislature’s Chapter 281A, Covering Ethics in Government. Current as of February 27th, 2024 and courtesy of the Nevada State Legislature.

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