Zuckerberg Helped Fund the 2020 Elections. Now Republicans Seek to Ban Future Grants

[MissMillie]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/zuckerberg-helped-fund-the-2020-elections-now-republicans-seek-to-ban-future-grants/ar-AAVFiUW?ocid=U483DHP&li=BBnb7Kz

When the pandemic first hit with a presidential election looming, state officials turned to Congress first. Democrats proposed giving them as much as $3.6 billion for safety measures, but under Republican objections, that number dropped to $400 million. Some expected a second bill to hand out more money, but it never came through.

Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, gave $419.5 million through their philanthropic investment group, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, to two non-profits that distributed the grants: the Center for Tech & Civic Life and the Center for Election Innovation & Research. In a public statement posted on Facebook in October 2020, Zuckerberg said that, ideally, elections would be publicly funded.

“To be clear, I agree with those who say that government should have provided these funds, not private citizens,” he wrote. “I hope that for future elections the government provides adequate funding. But absent that funding, I think it’s critical that this urgent need is met.”

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The GQP is perfectly happy to have people not vote.

[FakeNoose]

1. Facebook doesn't need to "buy" votes

Facebook can use misinformation to create all the votes it could ever want or need.