{"id":1417371,"date":"2022-04-04T07:30:34","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T11:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1417371"},"modified":"2022-04-04T07:30:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T11:30:49","slug":"how-biden-is-trying-to-turn-election-offices-into-partisan-get-out-the-vote-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-biden-is-trying-to-turn-election-offices-into-partisan-get-out-the-vote-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"How Biden Is Trying To Turn Election Offices Into Partisan Get Out The Vote Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhow-biden-is-trying-to-turn-election-offices-into-partisan-get-out-the-vote-operations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1417371&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/3004013917_f27d58000f_k.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>President Biden is trying to turn government into a get-out-the-vote operation for his own political party. After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/01\/19\/politics\/senate-voting-legislation-filibuster\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">failing<\/a> to pass federal legislation to federalize control of the elections through Congress, and after states passed election integrity bills of their own, the president is attempting a very quiet federal election takeover using an executive order to redirect federal tax dollars toward identifying new voting blocs who are expected to heavily support Democratic candidates.<\/p>\n<p>One year ago, the Oval Office issued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/03\/07\/executive-order-on-promoting-access-to-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Executive Order 14019<\/a>, which demanded more than a dozen federal agencies to register new voters and \u201cpromote voter participation.\u201d The list of agencies ranged from the Department of Education to the Department of Homeland Security. <\/p>\n<p>The average American does not think of federal agencies as responsible for voter registration and get out the vote efforts, and very few details have been released about the order\u2019s implementation. This is by design\u2014when politicians aren\u2019t bragging, they are usually hiding.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, the Biden administration is hiding an effort to require federal agencies to work with partisan private groups to strategically boost voter turnout in areas that would benefit Democrats. This order tips the scales to favor one party at every level of our representative democracy. <\/p>\n<p>This is like the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thefga.org\/one-pagers\/zuckerbucks\/\">Zuckerbucks\u201d scandal<\/a> that funneled millions of private dollars into Democrat-favored districts during the 2020 election. But rather than Facebook\u2019s founder funding it, taxpayers would.<\/p>\n<p>Under the guise of grants to help protect voters from Covid-19, Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg distributed more than <a href=\"https:\/\/thefga.org\/one-pagers\/zuckerbucks\/\">$400 million<\/a> to government election offices through a non-profit <a href=\"https:\/\/thefga.org\/paper\/zuckerbucks-wisconsin-election\/\">run by<\/a> a former fellow of the Obama Foundation. Numerous Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests revealed the grants were largely not used to purchase personal protective equipment, as was claimed. Instead, the funds were used to boost election turnout in left-leaning districts, effectively embedding highly partisan efforts within government agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Like President Biden\u2019s latest executive order, the cover story was seemingly innocuous. Zuckerberg used \u201cCovid-19 relief\u201d as an excuse to gain unprecedented access and influence over the administration of elections at every level. He used it to overwhelmingly benefit Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as state legislatures pass election integrity laws to make sure the Zuckerberg scandal will never happen again, President Biden is taking action to ensure it will happen again and on an even bigger scale in Democrat strongholds.<\/p>\n<p>If there was ever any doubt this executive order was politically driven, the text of the order aligns almost exactly with the policy recommendation from a December 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.demos.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2020-12\/Executive%20Action%20to%20Advance%20Democracy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> produced by the far-left activist group Demos. According to the order, the heads of federal agencies will be tasked with promoting voter registration and voter participation. These activities reach far beyond their stated missions.<\/p>\n<p>Soon after the White House issued the order, Demos published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.demos.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-05\/NVRA%20State%20Designations_For%20States%5B37%5D.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">document<\/a> discussing how the Biden administration could best implement it. Even more concerning is that the two Demos officials who helped draft the group\u2019s original recommendation now working for the White House. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefulcrum.us\/demos-k-sabeel-rahman\">K. Sabeel Rahman<\/a>, the former president of Demos, is now President Biden\u2019s senior counselor for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/03\/05\/white-house-announces-additional-policy-staff\/\">Chiraag Bains<\/a>, who was Demos\u2019 director of legal strategies, now reports directly to President Biden\u2019s director of the U.S. Domestic Policy Council, Susan Rice. These appointments raise concerns about the extent to which a partisan outfit is shaping U.S. policy.<\/p>\n<p>Even after a year, efforts to discover whether the administration is following Demos\u2019 advice have so far hit dead ends. The Foundation for Government Accountability <a href=\"https:\/\/thefga.org\/press\/executive-order-14019-voter-registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">filed FOIA requests<\/a> with multiple agencies about their compliance with the executive order but has yet to receive details about their plans.<\/p>\n<p>What little the Biden administration <em>has<\/em> revealed is troubling. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/09\/28\/fact-sheet-biden-administration-promotes-voter-participation-with-new-agency-steps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">high-level report <\/a>released last fall, the administration admitted the Department of Education is preparing a \u201ctool kit of resources and strategies for increasing civic engagement.\u201d These resources will be aimed at elementary-age students, and it does not appear parents will have any control over the content. The Department of Health and Human Services also \u201cwill launch a new voting access hub.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>None of these provisions are well defined, and they all open the door to partisan electioneering run by the federal government. Documents from Demos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.demos.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-09\/Why%20and%20How%20to%20do%20Voter%20Registration%20at%20Federal%20Agencies%5B42%5D.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">argue<\/a> these programs should be at least partially targeted toward those who receive welfare\u2014effectively allowing the administration to target the registration of voting blocs that typically lean heavily toward Democrat candidates. Additionally, the centralization of power at the federal level bypasses the legislative process.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden is attempting to weaponize federal agencies to achieve partisan goals that he can\u2019t accomplish through traditional legislative means. This behavior not only jeopardizes our system of checks and balances but also threatens the future of our democracy.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Tarren Bragdon is president and CEO of the Foundation for Government Accountability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden is trying to turn government into a get-out-the-vote operation for his own political party. 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