Democrats and their progressive allies are vastly expanding their unprecedented efforts, begun in 2020, to use private money to influence and run public elections. Supported by groups with more than $1 billion at their disposal, according to public records, these partisan groups are working with state and local boards to influence functions that have long…
Leftist Groups Tapping $1 Billion to Vastly Expand the Private Financing of Public Elections
Election Reform Ballot Proposal Sparks Opposition in Michigan
Three former Michigan secretaries of state issued a joint statement this week urging a “No” vote on a citizen-initiated ballot proposition called Proposal 2. If approved by voters on Nov. 8, Proposal 2 would, among other things, amend the state constitution in order to legalize private funding of elections, require absentee ballot drop boxes in…
Voters Appealing Against Dismissal of Case Alleging Michigan Secretary of State Violated Constitutional Rights
A years-long legal battle alleging dereliction of duty on the part of Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has moved to the Michigan Court of Appeals. In the early fall of 2020, four Michigan voters said they had discovered that some local election officials were allegedly using millions of dollars of private donations from the…
Voters Appeal Dismissal of Case Alleging Michigan Secretary of State Violated Constitutional Rights
A years-long legal battle alleging dereliction of duty on the part of Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has moved to the Michigan Court of Appeals. In the early fall of 2020, four Michigan voters said they had discovered that some local election officials were allegedly using millions of dollars of private donations from the…
Voters Appeal Dismissal of Lawsuit Over Use of Zuckerberg Millions in Michigan Elections
A years-long legal battle alleging dereliction of duty on the part of Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has moved to the Michigan Court of Appeals. In the early fall of 2020, four Michigan voters said they had discovered that some local election officials were allegedly using millions of dollars of private donations from the…
Show Me the Zuckerbucks: How Outside Money Infiltrated Missouri’s 2020 Election
Commentary In 2020, government election offices across Missouri received millions of dollars from a billionaire who resides far from the rolling hills of Mark Twain National Forest, the iconic St. Louis Arch, and the bustling suburbs of Kansas City. Mark Zuckerberg, the California Facebook billionaire, funneled millions into our state with grant dollars disproportionately favoring…
Private Money Seeks to Fund South Carolina Elections Via Non-Profits: Study
Non-profit organizations gave hundreds of millions of dollars to subsidize the conducting of state and local elections across America in 2020, but their efforts were not confined to hotly contested swing states, a new study has found. According to a report about private funding of public elections in South Carolina, released Feb. 17 by the Public…
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