Category: Election Funding

Rep. Claudia Tenney Reintroduces Bill to End ‘Zuckerbucks’ Grants to Election Offices

March 15, 2023
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Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) has reintroduced a bill to prohibit tax-exempt organizations from donating to election bodies after institutions linked to billionaire Mark Zuckerberg funneled hundreds of millions of dollars toward such election offices in 2020. “In the 2020 election, Mark Zuckerberg, under the guise of the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL)—a liberal…

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How Big Tech Plans to Keep a Grip on Local Elections Amid Funding Bans

July 25, 2022
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Commentary Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg says he has sworn off bankrolling local election administration, but other Big Tech executives are positioned to play a role in running future elections. The Center for Tech and Civic Life distributed $350 million in Zuckerberg-funded election grants to localities in 2020 to promote mail-in voting, drop boxes, and other projects. Now the center has launched the…

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