Mark Zuckerberg spent $419 million on nonprofits ahead of the 2020 election and got out the Democratic vote

During the 2020 election, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent hundreds of millions of dollars to appeal to potential Democratic voters. But this was not traditional political spending. It funded a private, selective takeover of government election operations by nominally nonpartisan but overtly ideological nonprofits.

Mark Zuckerberg spent $419 million on nonprofits ahead of the 2020 election and got out the Democratic vote

Funded a private, selective takeover of government election operations by nominally nonpartisan but manifestly ideological nonprofits.

An analysis conducted shows that this money significantly increased Joe Biden’s vote margin in key states. In places like Georgia, where Biden won by 12,000 votes, and Arizona, where he won by 10,000, the spending likely put him over the top.

This unprecedented merger of public election offices with private resources and staff is a serious threat to our republic and should be the focus of election reform efforts going forward.

The 2020 election was not stolen; it was likely bought by one of the richest and most powerful men in the world who invested his money through loopholes.

The Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL) and the Center for Election Research and Innovation (CEIR) passed a staggering $419.5 million of Zuckerberg’s money to local government election offices, and it came with strings attached. Each CTCL and CEIR grant spelled out in great detail the conditions under which the grant money would be used.

It was not about Democrats spending more than Republicans. Private funding of election administration was virtually unknown in the U.S. political system prior to the 2020 election.

The big money from CTCL and CEIR had nothing to do with traditional campaign finance, lobbying or other expenses associated with increasingly expensive modern elections.

It had to do with funding the infiltration of left-wing activists into city- and county-level election offices and using those offices as a platform to implement preferred administrative practices, voting methods and data-sharing arrangements, as well as to launch intensive outreach campaigns in areas where Democratic voters abound.