Category: Center for Tech and Civic Life

Big Philanthropy Advances as a Big Player in the Private Funding of Public Elections

February 3, 2023
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Echoing the private financing of public elections that critics saw as heavily favoring Democrats in 2020, some of America’s richest foundations are pouring money into a similar effort again, in the face of more organized conservative resistance. A nonprofit group called the Audacious Project, whose supporters include the Gates and MacArthur foundations and the Bridgespan Group,…

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

July 25, 2022
Alliance for Election ExcellenceBig TechCenter for Tech and Civic LifeChan Zuckerberg InitiativeElection Fundinglocal electionsmail-in ballotsmail-in votingOpinionThe Audacious ProjectU.S. electionsViewpointsvote-by-mail
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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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Michigan Voters Sue Democratic Secretary of State Over Use of $17 Million in ‘Zuckbucks’ to Tilt Elections

June 8, 2022
Center for Tech and Civic LifeElection IntegrityFeatured TopicsJocelyn BensonJudiciaryMark ZuckerbergMichiganThomas More SocietyUSZuck Bucks
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Michigan voters are challenging Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson for allegedly breaking state laws and corrupting the 2020 elections by allowing left-wing billionaire Mark Zuckerberg to use his social media fortune to dictate how the elections were administered. In official results, Democrat Joe Biden prevailed over incumbent Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election in…

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Wisconsin Voters Sue 5 Cities Over Unlawful Unmanned Ballot Drop Boxes in Elections

May 26, 2022
Center for Tech and Civic LifeElection Integrityelectoral integrityFeatured TopicsJudiciaryMark ZuckerbergThomas More SocietyUSWisconsinWisconsin Elections Commission
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Voters in Wisconsin’s five largest cities are suing over the use of illegal unmanned absentee ballot drop boxes in elections. Attorneys from the Thomas More Society, a nationwide public interest law firm, filed the legal complaints on May 25 on behalf of voters in Green Bay, Kenosha, Madison, Milwaukee, and Racine. Officials from the affected…

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Louisiana Appeals Court Reinstates AG’s Suit Re Zuckerberg Bucks

April 6, 2022
2022 Midterm Elections2024 electionCenter for Tech and Civic LifeElection IntegrityFeatured TopicsJeff LandryJudiciaryLouisianaMark ZuckerbergPoliticsRegional-Local NewsUS
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The Louisiana Court of Appeal has reinstated the state’s lawsuit against a Mark Zuckerberg-funded nonprofit that flooded Democratic-controlled jurisdictions with election administration grants and, in the process, may have skewed election results. Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, a Republican, said the ruling was a major victory for election integrity. “Our law is clear: No individual,…

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Plaintiffs in Michigan Lawsuit Over Zuckerberg Funding of Elections Fighting State’s 3rd Attempt to Dismiss Case

February 17, 2022
Center for Tech and Civic LifeElection IntegrityFeatured TopicsJudiciaryLocal NewsMark ZuckerbergMichiganRegional-Local NewsUncategorizedUS
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Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat who wants communities in her state to continue accepting private funding for election administration, is trying for the third time to have a lawsuit challenging the practice thrown out. The legal controversy arose after Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife gave $419.5 million to left-wing activist…

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North Carolina Senate Passes ‘Zuck Bucks’ Bill to End Private Donations to Local Election Boards

December 4, 2021
2020 Election2022 Midterm ElectionsBusiness & EconomyCenter for Tech and Civic LifeElection IntegrityFeatured TopicsLocal NewsMedia & Big TechNorth CarolinaNorthern CaliforniaPoliticsRegional-Local NewsSocial MediaTechUSUS NewsZuck Bucks
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The North Carolina Senate passed a bill that proposes to ban private funding of state and county election boards. The push for Senate Bill 724, also known as “Zuck Bucks,” came from what some have described as a record amount of private funds flooding into the 2020 election. If the bill is not signed or…

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