An organization that received $250 million from Mark Zuckerberg and his wife is allegedly giving grants to aid elections in predominantly Democrat-dominant areas, raising partisan accusations. | Stock Photo
An organization that received $250 million from Mark Zuckerberg and his wife is allegedly giving grants to aid elections in predominantly Democrat-dominant areas, raising partisan accusations. | Stock Photo
Recent donations totaling $300 million from Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chann, to two nonprofit organizations for supporting safe elections have raised allegations of Democrat ties within those organizations and the possibility the money might actually be directed in ways that would aim to swing the upcoming election away from Republicans.
Kathy Meyer, director of the Allen County Board of Elections, responded to questions from the Lima Reporter regarding the funds being distributed by The Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) – which received $250 million of the $300 million and that Ballotpedia noted has been accused of ties to the Democratic Party – by saying that while the allegations concern her, “Our office is neutral territory.”
The Wisconsin Voters Alliance recently filed a complaint with the Wisconsin Election Commission regarding the use of the funds by CTCL, alleged that the organization’s grants are intentionally limited to areas that have traditionally leaned Democratic to boost voter turnout only among Democratic electors.
A press release from the Wisconsin Voters Alliance alleged that, “CTCL is a left-leaning election activist group pushing major government voting initiatives in Democratic strongholds, which raises alarms about the integrity of the November election and demonstrates a present danger in allowing private groups to influence elections.”
Scott Walter, president of the Capital Research Center, is cited by Ballotpedia as alleging that CTCL staffers are former operatives from the Democratic Party whose choices in distributing grants betrays their true motives to sway the election. However, CTCL described itself as, “a nonpartisan nonprofit that uses technology to improve the way local governments and communities interact.”
In addition to Wisconsin locations that have received funding and are Deomcratic leaning, the complaint from the Wisconsin Voters Alliance also notes funding that went to Philadelphia, with both Wisconsin and Philadelphia standing as very close wins for Trump in 2016.
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