Sunday, February 26, 2023

Zuckerbucks redux: Social media mogul funds recruitment of progressives to administer elections

 

  • The injection of private money into public election administration — or "Zuckerbucks" — is continuing in a new form, as left-leaning candidates are being recruited to run for local elections offices by an organization that receives funds from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

  • CTCL poured nearly $350 million into local elections offices managing the 2020 election, with most of the funds donated to the nonprofit by Zuckerberg.

  • However, DeKalb County Board of Voter Registration & Elections accepted $2 million in private money from the alliance in "violation" of 2021 state election reform law, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) told Just the News on Thursday, while the county claims that it adhered to the letter of the law.

  • If we don't do it, we are absolutely going to regret it."

  • Let's call this what it really is — a blatant attack on the security and integrity of the fairness and transparency of our elections," she said.

  • "Dark money liberal advocacy groups will stop at nothing to inject partisan funds into election administration efforts," she added. "

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/zuckerbucks-influence-continues-new-funds-candidates-recruited-election

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