NPR Headline December 8, 2020:
An advocacy group funded by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sent hundreds of millions of dollars to election offices nationwide .
The Center for Tech and Civic Life doled out the money in “an effort to privatize the 2020 election and put Joe Biden in the White House” in place of President Donald Trump.
The CTCL, according to its 2020 IRS Form 990 filing, distributed more than $332 million in grants. The money went to “elections offices across the country.”
The CTCL describes itself on its website as “a team of civic technologists, trainers, researchers, election administration and data experts working to foster a more informed and engaged democracy, and helping to modernize U.S. elections.”
The organization was founded by former Democratic campaign operatives Tiana Epps-Johnson, Donny Bridges and Whitney May.
Zuckerberg channeled $328 million to the CTCL through the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
Zuckerberg’s money set up “private drop-boxes across key cities to hoover up mail-in ballots, bypassing the U.S. Postal Service in what was effectively the country’s first mail-in election — thanks to last-minute election law changes by Democratic secretaries of state and endless pressure from activist groups like the National Vote At Home Institute.”
Sandy Juno, retired clerk of Brown County, Wisconsin ststed that after CTCL poured money into Green Bay, “the mayor’s office and chief of staff began to take over election functions.”
“And that is not something under state statutes they have the authority to do,” Juno said, “because under Wisconsin law, municipal clerks, the county clerk and the Wisconsin Elections Commission are the individuals charged with running elections.”
Private Money From Facebook's CEO Saved The 2020 Election
An advocacy group funded by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sent hundreds of millions of dollars to election offices nationwide .
The Center for Tech and Civic Life doled out the money in “an effort to privatize the 2020 election and put Joe Biden in the White House” in place of President Donald Trump.
The CTCL, according to its 2020 IRS Form 990 filing, distributed more than $332 million in grants. The money went to “elections offices across the country.”
The CTCL describes itself on its website as “a team of civic technologists, trainers, researchers, election administration and data experts working to foster a more informed and engaged democracy, and helping to modernize U.S. elections.”
The organization was founded by former Democratic campaign operatives Tiana Epps-Johnson, Donny Bridges and Whitney May.
Zuckerberg channeled $328 million to the CTCL through the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
Zuckerberg’s money set up “private drop-boxes across key cities to hoover up mail-in ballots, bypassing the U.S. Postal Service in what was effectively the country’s first mail-in election — thanks to last-minute election law changes by Democratic secretaries of state and endless pressure from activist groups like the National Vote At Home Institute.”
Sandy Juno, retired clerk of Brown County, Wisconsin ststed that after CTCL poured money into Green Bay, “the mayor’s office and chief of staff began to take over election functions.”
“And that is not something under state statutes they have the authority to do,” Juno said, “because under Wisconsin law, municipal clerks, the county clerk and the Wisconsin Elections Commission are the individuals charged with running elections.”