{"id":2212440,"date":"2024-04-03T16:56:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-voters-approve-gop-backed-amendment-to-ban-private-funding-for-elections\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T16:56:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:56:39","slug":"wisconsin-voters-approve-gop-backed-amendment-to-ban-private-funding-for-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-voters-approve-gop-backed-amendment-to-ban-private-funding-for-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin voters pass GOP-supported amendment banning private election funding"},"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%2Fwisconsin-voters-approve-gop-backed-amendment-to-ban-private-funding-for-elections%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=2212440&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>Wisconsin voters passed two election-related\u2063 constitutional\u2062 amendments, one banning private funding for election administration, following extensive financial support from Mark Zuckerberg\u200d in the\u2062 2020 election. The amendments garnered support, with \u200cQuestion\u200c 1 passing with \u206254% in favor, and Question 2 receiving \u2063nearly\u2062 59% approval. These\u200c changes\u2064 aim to regulate election processes amid anticipation of a significant political rematch \u200cin Wisconsin.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Voters in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/wisconsin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wisconsin<\/a> approved two election-related amendments to the State Constitution on Tuesday, including one that bans the use of private money for election administration. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Republican-backed amendments came after Facebook founder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/mark-zuckerberg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Zuckerberg<\/a> spent millions backing groups that funded election administration in counties across the country, including in Wisconsin, during the 2020 election. Critics argued that the massive amount of election funding distributed to non-profit groups, known as \u201cZuckerbucks,\u201d unfairly benefited Democrat-dominated counties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The initiative to ban private funding, Question 1, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/04\/02\/us\/elections\/results-wisconsin-question-1-prohibit-private-funding-of-elections.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">passed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  with 54% of the vote in favor and nearly 46% against. A section will now be added to the State Constitution that says \u201cprivate donations and grants may not be applied for, accepted, expended, or used in connection with the conduct of any primary, election, or referendum,\u201d The Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/4572010-wisconsin-pass-measure-private-funds-elections\/\">reported<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The second initiative, Question 2, defined who can administer various aspects of elections. It <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/04\/02\/us\/elections\/results-wisconsin-question-2-limit-election-conduct-to-election-officials.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passed<\/a> with nearly 59% supporting and 41% opposed. It stipulated that \u201conly election officials designated by law may perform tasks in the conduct of primaries, elections, and referendums.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Opposition to the two amendments was greatest in the Democratic-heavy counties surrounding Madison and Milwaukee. The amendments were approved as Wisconsin is again expected to be a battleground state for a likely rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump in November. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cVictory! Wisconsin has spoken and the message is clear: elections belong to voters, not out-of-state billionaires,\u201d Wisconsin GOP Chairman Brian Schimming <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wisgop.org\/wisgop-statement-on-questions-1-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  in a statement. \u201cThanks to the efforts by the Republican Party of Wisconsin and grassroots organizing, Wisconsinites have turned the page on Zuckerbucks and secured our elections from dark money donors.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefga.org\/research\/the-wisconsin-zuckerbucks-problem\/\">According<\/a> to the Foundation for Government Accountability, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">more than $10 million in \u201cZuckerbucks\u201d was spent in Wisconsin during the 2020 election. The FGA estimated that more than 80% of the funding went to areas Biden won by an average of 37 points. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jason Snead, the executive director of the Honest Elections Project, a group that has urged states to ban the use of outside funding for elections, praised the move in a statement obtained by The Daily Wire. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHonest Elections Project Action congratulates Wisconsinites for voting to enshrine a ban on private influence on election administration in their state constitution,\u201d Snead said. \u201cPrivate influence schemes such as ZuckBucks in 2020 and ZuckBucks 2.0 in 2024 sow distrust in election outcomes, which is why they should be banned in all 50 states. Moneyed interests, conservative and liberal alike, have no business influencing how elections are administered.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin voters endorsed two election-related amendments to the State Constitution, one prohibiting private funds for election administration. 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