DeKalb County, Georgia received the grant from the Alliance for Election Excellence, a left-leaning group funded by dark money organizations backed by Arabella Advisors and the Democracy Fund.
Conservative organizations are calling for state legislatures to close loopholes regarding private funding of elections, after the same organization that distributed the Mark Zuckerberg election grants in 2020 issued a $2 million grant to a county in Georgia, one of two dozen states to ban private funding of election offices.
"States across the country have made great strides in promoting election integrity. But now, a new alliance of left-wing partisan organizations led by the Center for Tech and Civic Life is working to influence state election offices behind the scenes," says a joint statement from Heritage Action for America Executive Director Jessica Anderson and Honest Elections Project Executive Director Jason Snead. The Center for Tech and Civic Life distributed $350 million in Zuckerberg grants to local election offices in 2020.
Utah is among 24 states that banned private funding of elections.
DeKalb County Board of Elections Chair Dele Lowman Smith told the Georgia news outlet Decaturish that since election offices are not allowed to receive grants directly, DeKalb County's finance department handled the application process and county commissioners voted to accept the $2 million.
Utah also has a ban on private election funding, yet the alliance has added two Utah counties to its ranks, proving that all states need to be vigilant and continue taking steps to keep election offices neutral and nonpartisan.
Protecting the integrity of our elections is one of the most important efforts for our republic.
Heritage Action and Honest Elections Project Action will continue to advocate for election laws that protect against corrosive outside influences that damage the integrity of our elections.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/02/09/conservatives-call-on-states-to-close-loopholes-allowing-big-money-to-bankroll-election-operations/
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