{"id":1925755,"date":"2023-05-06T12:41:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-06T16:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-bans-counties-from-using-private-money-for-elections-after-2020-zuckerbucks-controversy\/"},"modified":"2023-05-06T12:44:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T16:44:36","slug":"georgia-bans-counties-from-using-private-money-for-elections-after-2020-zuckerbucks-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-bans-counties-from-using-private-money-for-elections-after-2020-zuckerbucks-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia prohibits counties from using private funds for elections after the &#8216;Zuckerbucks&#8217; controversy in 2020."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fgeorgia-bans-counties-from-using-private-money-for-elections-after-2020-zuckerbucks-controversy%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=1925755&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--><h2>Georgia Governor Signs Law Prohibiting Private Funding for Elections<\/h2>\n<p>Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has signed a bill into law that prohibits Georgia counties from taking private money to fund elections after millions of dollars in private money were used in the Peach State during the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n<h3>Strengthening the Law<\/h3>\n<p>The law, SB 222, strengthens a previous law that banned officials but not counties from accepting money. The law was in part precipitated by DeKalb County, an Atlanta area county that voted 83% for Joe Biden, taking $2 million from the U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence this year, seemingly skirting the first iteration of the law.<\/p>\n<h3>Restoring Trust in Elections<\/h3>\n<p>Honest Elections Project Action, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watchdog-group-asks-county-sheriffs-to-investigate-alleged-election-fraud\/\" title=\"Watchdog Group Asks County Sheriffs to Investigate Alleged Election Fraud\">election watchdog group<\/a>, praised the decision, saying that it would help restore trust in Georgia\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonest Elections Project Action applauds Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and the Georgia state legislature for further tightening the state\u2019s prohibition on outside funding for election administration, prompted by the left-wing dark money funded Center for Tech and Civic Life attempting to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-racist-education-set-to-become-prerequisite-for-admission-to-california-colleges\/\" title=\"\u2018Anti-Racist\u2019 Education Set To Become Prerequisite for Admission to California Colleges\">evade state law<\/a> to pump $2 million into DeKalb County,\u201d said Jason Snead, the group\u2019s executive director.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/time-well-funded-cabal-of-powerful-people-saved-democracy\/\" title=\"TIME: \u2018Well-Funded Cabal Of Powerful People\u2019 Saved Democracy\">private funding<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-bans-counties-from-using-private-money-for-elections-after-2020-zuckerbucks-controversy\/\" title=\"Georgia prohibits counties from using private funds for elections after the 'Zuckerbucks' controversy in 2020.\">election administration ultimately sows distrust<\/a> in election outcomes,\u201d he added. \u201cStates across the country should follow in Georgia\u2019s footsteps by passing robust bans on private election administration funding.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Zuckerbucks and Unfair Benefits<\/h3>\n<p>Following the 2020 election, critics argued that the massive amount of election funding by several groups, including the Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL) and the Center for Election Innovation and Research (CEIR), unfairly benefited Democrat-dominated counties.<\/p>\n<p>Both groups were backed by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who gave about $419 million to the groups to give to counties for the 2020 election. In Georgia in 2020, the CTLC gave $30 million to counties during the presidential election and another $14 million during the Senate runoff. This money became known as \u201cZuckerbucks,\u201d because the tech billionaire had poured so much money into the races.<\/p>\n<p>According to an analysis by the Government Accountability Foundation, the spending overwhelmingly favored counties that Biden won. In blue counties, $7.13 was spent per registered voter, while only $1.91 was spent per registered voter in red counties, according to the report.<\/p>\n<h3>Following the Money<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThe Zuckerberg funding is an unprecedented example of using government employees and government resources to put your finger on the scale, to affect the election outcome,\u201d Tarren Bragdon, CEO of the Foundation for Government Accountability, told Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>Bragdon said that the key was to \u201cfollow the money\u201d when looking at the donations in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey will talk about most of the counties that got money had fewer than 25,000 people or that X percent of counties were Republican counties,\u201d he said. \u201cBut the key here is to follow the money. And the money went disproportionately to Democratic counties. In Georgia, more than 90 percent of the money went to those Democrat counties. And you could see from the spending per registered voter that it was not proportionate at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Other States Follow Suit<\/h3>\n<p>Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, North Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas all banned private election funding in the wake of the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Brian Kemp (R-GA) has signed a bill into law that prohibits Georgia counties from taking private money to fund elections after millions of dollars in private money were used in the Peach State during the 2020 presidential election. 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