Badger State voters have the opportunity on Tuesday, April 2 to kill the snake of private funding in election administration, which consumed the 2020 elections under cover of Covid thanks in large part to the "Generous" donations of Facebook founder and conservative speech silencer Mark Zuckerberg.
Coupled with a meaningless presidential primary and a spate of local elections, two critical questions on the spring election ballot ask voters whether they want the state constitution to ban private funds in elections and stop local election officials from using private funds in administering elections.
"Damn, Claire, you have a flair for drama, delivering just the margin needed at 3:00 a.m.," wrote Ryan Chew of the left-leaning Elections Group in an email to the city elections chief.
Advocates for keeping private funds out of Wisconsin elections say they're targeting voters in Wisconsin's biggest cities, too, and learning that some traditionally liberal voters there are opposed to the flood of private cash drenching election administration.
A poll paid for by MacIver Impact found 68 percent of likely voters oppose "Allowing government offices that oversee elections to accept funding from private individuals and special-interest groups." The poll found 64 percent of those identifying as Republicans, 68 percent of Democrats and 72 percent of independents said they do not support private money in elections.
Last year, a similar constitutional amendment banning Zuckbucks in Louisiana elections was approved with 72.6 percent of the vote.
State Sen. Duey Stroebel, R-Cedarburg, helped lead the charge in the push to ban Zuckbucks in Wisconsin elections.
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