Zuckbucks 2.0 Recipients Turn Down Money After Leftist Nonprofit Fails Transparency Test

Three of the ten counties are listed below chosen as beneficiaries A program funded by a nonprofit is refusing to accept the funds that were used to fund the private takeover government election offices in 2020.

The election officials of Brunswick and Forsyth counties in North Carolina and Ottawa County, Michigan have made their selections Acceptance is not required Funds from the U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence Program The Center for Tech and Civic Life plans to channel $80 million in election grants across the country in the next five-years. This alliance is a product of the Center for Tech and Civic Life. One of two groups that funneled $328 million from Mark Zuckerberg’s private money, known as “Zuckbucks,” to government election office mostly in the blue county of swing states, mobilizing Democratic Get-Out-The-Vote efforts swinging the race in Joe Biden’s favor.

Many of the recipients for the 2024 election cycle are heavily Democrat. They also happen to be in swing states. This suggests that CTCL wants to continue its success in the next Presidential election in purple states where Democrats need to win. CTCL might try to hide its efforts and claim that the alliance also gives money to red counties. However, the likelihood is that more than twice as many or even triple the funds will be spent on Democratic-leaning county than Republican ones. Similar to 2020.

Justin Roebuck is Ottawa County Clerk Submitted RealClearInvestigations he will refuse the grant money offered to his county because of transparency concerns. Roebuck inquired about the criteria used to determine the amount of money each county would receive. The people running the program didn’t give an answer.

RealClear spoke with Tim Tsujii who is the director of elections at the Forsyth County Board of Elections. He said that Forsyth won’t accept grant money as the county has sufficient funds to run its elections. Tsujii expressed concern about the possibility of members being required to pay a fee in order to be part of this alliance.

“There is all this talk about the money going to elections offices and the counties, but what about the money going from the counties to the alliance?” Tsujii stated.

Election offices must pay an annual fee of $1,600 to become a basic member or $4,800 to become a premium member. This is the CTCL-created program that gives officials access. “coaching,” Tutorials, consulting, as well as any other needed hand-holding such as the revamping of voter forms and websites. The alliance also provides consulting and tutorials. Obligatory Members “to make non-monetary (but highly significant) contributions to the broader activities of the Alliance,” Participating in its events, as well as sharing data, documents, or forms, is possible.

Although the program goes to great lengths in stressing its effectiveness, “commitment to nonpartisanship” — “We will never attempt to influence the outcome of any election. Period” — its own founding organization, the Center for Tech and Civic Life, has demonstrated the catastrophic and deeply