{"id":1419841,"date":"2022-04-05T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T16:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1419841"},"modified":"2022-04-05T12:00:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T16:00:20","slug":"mississippi-tightens-up-its-elections-with-ban-on-zuckbucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mississippi-tightens-up-its-elections-with-ban-on-zuckbucks\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi Tightens Up Its Elections With Ban On Zuckbucks"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fmississippi-tightens-up-its-elections-with-ban-on-zuckbucks%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=1419841&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\/Voting_location_in_Alabama_during_2017_election.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Mississippi became the latest state to advance election security measures on Monday, with Gov. Tate Reeves signing legislation to bar state and local election officials from receiving funding from nongovernmental entities to conduct elections.<\/p>\n<p>Passed <a href=\"http:\/\/billstatus.ls.state.ms.us\/2022\/pdf\/history\/HB\/HB1365.xml\">overwhelmingly<\/a> by the state House and Senate last month, the new law (<a href=\"http:\/\/billstatus.ls.state.ms.us\/documents\/2022\/pdf\/HB\/1300-1399\/HB1365SG.pdf\">HB1365<\/a>) mandates that \u201c[n]o agency or state or local official responsible for conducting elections may solicit, accept, use or dispose of any donation in the form of money, grants, property or personal services from an individual or a nongovernmental entity for the purpose of funding election-related expenses or voter education, voter outreach or voter registration programs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Individuals utilizing \u201cpersonal time to assist with voter education, voter outreach, voter registration programs or other election-related programs\u201d are not affected by the bill, so long as they don\u2019t receive \u201ccompensation or in-kind donation for contributing his or her time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While speaking at a signing ceremony for the legislation, Reeves applauded the measure\u2019s passage, saying, \u201cCorporations and special interest groups have no role in determining how [Mississippi] elections are run, how [Mississippi] candidates are elected, and who [Mississippi] voters cast their ballots for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vast injection of \u2026 sums of money without oversight is harmful to our system and presents ample opportunities for further misuse of funds,\u201d he said. \u201cToday, I am proud to sign House Bill 1365. This bill marks a tremendous step forward in ensuring election integrity in our state.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"52BWWQPvMUucZaTrViZogbjsdJ0lCfun53rnYi78fHFEywkd7hDAqIsq3GeOpAByKOYjvtP8JzlzSNCkQ0R1VDxp6N4a9LEX\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Election integrity matters. I\u2019ve officially signed legislation to BAN billionaires like Zuckerberg from flooding our state with shady election dollars. <\/p>\n<p>They led to arrests right here. They clouded the 2020 election. We will not allow powerful groups to rig things their way. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ERLk5eLBD0\">pic.twitter.com\/ERLk5eLBD0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tate Reeves (@tatereeves) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tatereeves\/status\/1511046125188435981?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>During his remarks, Reeves referenced actions taken by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who dumped more than $400 million into the pockets of left-wing advocacy groups during the 2020 election in order to alter state and local government election operations. <\/p>\n<p>Among these groups was the Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL), which, as William Doyle <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/10\/12\/the-2020-election-wasnt-stolen-it-was-bought-by-mark-zuckerberg\/\">explained<\/a> at The Federalist, \u201cdemanded the promotion of universal mail-in voting through suspending election laws, extending deadlines that favored mail-in over in-person voting, greatly expanding opportunities for \u2018ballot curing,\u2019 expensive bulk mailings, and other lavish \u2018community outreach\u2019 programs that were directed by private activists\u201d leading up to the 2020 race.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/capitalresearch.org\/article\/which-states-did-ctcl-flood-with-zuck-bucks\/\">figures<\/a> from the Capital Research Center, CTCL spent approximately $3,703,777 \u201cZuckbucks\u201d in Mississippi alone during the 2020 election cycle. Over the past two months, three individuals in the state have been <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/07\/mississippi-audit-hundreds-of-thousands-of-mark-zuckerbergs-election-funds-were-stolen-and-misused\/\">arrested<\/a> over alleged embezzlement and fraudulent spending of those Zuckbucks, with such actions resulting in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mississippifreepress.org\/21159\/hinds-supervisors-president-promises-safeguards-as-state-auditor-arrests-three-for-fraud\/\">hundreds of thousands of dollars<\/a> in total losses. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe won\u2019t allow our elections to be controlled by twenty- or thirty-somethings sitting in Silicon Valley cubicles, who would care less about our state or our people,\u201d Reeves said. \u201cOur policy decisions will reflect the desires of Mississippians, not vague entities that attempt to skirt the democratic process of our constitution for their own gains.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other states that have passed measures barring Zuckbucks in their elections include <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/11\/a-bill-banning-zuckbucks-in-state-elections-is-headed-to-virginia-gov-glenn-youngkins-desk\/\">Virginia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/04\/01\/west-virginia-and-kentucky-are-latest-states-to-block-zuckbucks-in-elections\/?_thumbnail_id=269975\">Kentucky, West Virginia<\/a>, and others.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Shawn Fleetwood is an intern at The Federalist and a senior at the University of Mary Washington. He also serves as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mississippi became the latest state to advance election security measures on Monday, with Gov. 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