{"id":1444677,"date":"2022-04-18T17:44:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T21:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1444677"},"modified":"2022-04-18T17:44:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T21:44:54","slug":"report-democrats-look-to-fund-effort-to-elect-local-election-supervisors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-democrats-look-to-fund-effort-to-elect-local-election-supervisors\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Democrats Look to Fund Effort to Elect Local Election Supervisors"},"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\">22<\/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%2Freport-democrats-look-to-fund-effort-to-elect-local-election-supervisors%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=1444677&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--><p class=\"subheading\">Democrats are reportedly looking to raise $80 million to fund a three-year \u201ca way-down-the-ballot\u201d effort to find, train, and support\u00a0candidates for\u00a0local offices in charge of election administration.<\/p>\n<p>Run for Something, a Democrat\u00a0candidate recruiting group, is looking to pitch their party\u2019s donors on an effort they call\u00a0project \u201cClerk Work.\u201d The three-year program would focus on local elections and help recruit candidates in 35 states. Ultimately, if successful, it would \u201cfind, train and support 5,000 candidates for local offices in charge of election administration,\u201d <em>Politico<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/04\/18\/democrats-recruiting-push-local-election-officers-00025733\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The group\u00a0launched shortly after former President Donald Trump won the presidential election in the 2016 cycle, and its mission was to\u00a0recruit candidates for local elections. The effort would be for anything having to do with elections, such as\u00a0county probate judges,\u00a0county clerks, and\u00a0county election board members.<\/p>\n<p>The group now wants to expand its efforts leading up to the 2024 presidential election, which is why the group will pitch its idea to\u00a0donors,\u00a0<em>Politico<\/em> noted.<\/p>\n<p>Politico wrote:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">[A]s Trump continues to promulgate election conspiracy theories, the role of little-known election administrators \u2014 charged with planning, implementing and certifying election results in a hyper-localized system \u2014 has suddenly emerged as a key part of safeguarding American democracy. The move is part of a broader Democratic Party shift toward <a class=\"js-tealium-tracking\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/03\/06\/democratic-party-priority-save-governors-00014364\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">increasingly prioritizing state-based races<\/a>, a shift from the massive attention and financing that go toward federal campaigns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">The program will include every state where election administrators are themselves elected by voters. It represents one of the boldest organized attempts to put Democratic-backed candidates in these positions, in response to Trump\u2019s endorsement for various election positions of followers who subscribe to conspiracy theories that the 2020 election was stolen. Other Republicans are organizing around these offices as well, including former Trump aide Steve Bannon, who has urged Trump backers and 2020 election deniers <a class=\"js-tealium-tracking\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/heeding-steve-bannons-call-election-deniers-organize-to-seize-control-of-the-gop-and-reshape-americas-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on his podcast to get involved<\/a> in party politics and \u201ctake this back \u2026 precinct by precinct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">Much of the pitch builds off of Run for Something\u2019s five years of experience supporting local candidates from campaign launch to Election Day. The group offers logistical support, like how to file campaign finance paperwork, as well as templates for campaign strategy. Run for Something also connects candidates with mentors, as well as other current candidates, to create a sense of community around running for office.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">Currently, the group has partnered with other groups like American Bridge, a Democrat opposition research firm,\u00a0and Open Democracy PAC, a super PAC that is helping boost the group\u2019s candidates in their efforts.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14657942\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14657942\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/vote-by-mail-ballots-wa-getty.jpg\" alt=\"mail voting\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">An election worker wearing protective gloves sorts through mailed-in ballots in the King County Elections ballot processing center. Photo by John Moore\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">\u201cElection subversion in 2024 is not going to be a mob storming the Capitol, it\u2019s going to be a county clerk in Michigan or a supervisor of elections in Florida who decides to fuck the whole thing up,\u201d said Amanda Litman, one of\u00a0Run for Something\u2019s co-founders. \u201cThe only way to make long-term democracy protection is by electing people who will defend democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">The group has already raised nearly $6 million for its new efforts after having a slow fundraising start since late last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">A memo to donors on the effort explained that\u00a0\u201cThe left is decades behind in investing in the local infrastructure needed to fight back against emerging anti-democracy forces on the right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">\u201cTaking over our election administration infrastructure at the local level is our last best option. If we want to win, we need to go big quickly,\u201d the memo added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">One\u00a0Democrat operative told <em>Politico<\/em>,\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s almost a travesty this has to be done because they should be doing it, but they\u2019re not,\u201d pointing out that the program would be filling a void left by the Democrat National Committee (DNC) and other state groups affiliated with the national party.<\/p>\n<p><i>Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. Write to him at <\/i><a href=\"mailto:jbliss@breitbart.com\"><i>jbliss@breitbart.com<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0or follow him on Twitter\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobmbliss\"><i>@JacobMBliss<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats are reportedly looking to raise $80 million to fund a three-year \u201ca way-down-the-ballot\u201d effort to find, train, and support\u00a0candidates for\u00a0local offices in charge of election administration. Run for Something,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1444677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1444677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1444677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1444677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1444677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}