Wisconsin voters may be able to ban “Zuckerbucks” — the injection of private money into public election administration — from their elections next year, before the 2024 general election.
The Center for Tech and Civic Life poured nearly $350 million into local elections offices managing the 2020 election, with most of the funds donated to the nonprofit by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
The nonprofit has claimed its 2020 election grants — colloquially known as “Zuckerbucks” — were allocated without partisan preference to make voting safer amid the pandemic.
After two unsuccessful attempts to enact a ban on Zuckerbucks, the Wisconsin state legislature is working to pass a constitutional amendment proposal for voters to decide on in the April 2024 primary election that would prevent private funding of elections.
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