Zuckerbucks redux: Social media mogul funds recruitment of progressives to administer elections

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Clerk Work has recruited hundreds of candidates to run for local elections offices. "You can influence quite literally who is administering elections," said founder of program's parent organization Amanda Litman, who was email director for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign.

The injection of private money into public election administration — or "Zuckerbucks" — is continuing in a new form, as left-leaning candidates are being recruited to run for local elections offices by an organization that receives funds from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg

 

The U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence, a project of the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL), is awarding funds to counties and municipalities under the Centers for Election Excellence program. The alliance will provide $80 million over five years "to envision, support, and celebrate excellence in U.S. election administration," according to CTCL.

CTCL poured nearly $350 million into local elections offices managing the 2020 election, with most of the funds donated to the nonprofit by 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.

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Run for Something has a program called Clerk Work, which recruits candidates to run for local elections offices. In July, Clerk Work had recruited nearly 300 candidates.

"You can influence quite literally who is administering elections," Litman told the Washington Post. "If we don't do it, we are absolutely going to regret it."

Translation:  Because we might lose an election and the neo-nazis will take over.