States, counties have begun Zuxit: Withdrawing from Zuckerberg, foreign funding of 2024 election

States, counties have begun Zuxit: Withdrawing from Zuckerberg, foreign funding of 2024 election

by WorldTribune Staff, March 18, 2024 In 2020, the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) funneled some $350 million into local elections offices under the guise of making it safer to vote during the pandemic. Most of the funds donated to the nonprofit came from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. While CTCL insisted these “Zuckerbucks” […]

Mollie Hemingway testifies: U.S. elections and media ‘reminiscent of Soviet system’

Mollie Hemingway testifies: U.S. elections and media ‘reminiscent of Soviet system’

by WorldTribune Staff, February 8, 2024 Americans’ trust in the electoral process is deteriorating rapidly, nearing the point it is becoming more “reminiscent” of the Soviet system, The Federalist Editor-In-Chief Mollie Hemingway told the House Administration Committee on Wednesday. Hemingway decried the widespread use of mail-in ballots, the private takeover of elections with so-called “Zuckerbucks,” […]

Zuckerberg’s mobile voting van ruled illegal in Wisconsin

Zuckerberg’s mobile voting van ruled illegal in Wisconsin

by WorldTribune Staff, January 11, 2024 A mobile voting van in Wisconsin that was funded by Mark Zuckerberg and used in the 2022 elections is illegal, a judge ruled on Monday. The van, first used in Racine’s municipal elections in 2022, was purchased with grant money the city received from the Center for Tech and […]

Green Bay backs down, will no longer use ballot drop boxes

Green Bay backs down, will no longer use ballot drop boxes

by WorldTribune Staff, September 1, 2022 The City of Green Bay has told the judge in an election integrity lawsuit that it will no longer use ballot drop boxes. Green Bay “became the fourth Wisconsin city to back down in the face of voter lawsuits over the use of unmanned absentee ballot drop boxes in […]

Missouri bill bans ballot drop boxes and Zuckerbucks, requires voter ID

Missouri bill bans ballot drop boxes and Zuckerbucks, requires voter ID

by WorldTribune Staff, May 10, 2022 The Missouri state Senate on Monday passed voter integrity legislation which bans ballot drop boxes, prohibits private donations to election authorities, and creates a voter ID requirement. The Senate passed its version of HB1878, which had passed the state House on March 10. “After the chaos and uncertainty of […]

More than 40,000 Wisconsin voters in 2020 claimed ‘indefinitely confined,’ provided no ID

More than 40,000 Wisconsin voters in 2020 claimed ‘indefinitely confined,’ provided no ID

by WorldTribune Staff, April 6, 2022 An elections watchdog group posted records obtained via the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) which show tens of thousands of voters in 2020 circumvented state voter ID requirements by claiming they were “indefinitely confined” amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The dataset posted on Monday by the Voter Reference Foundation (VRF) revealed […]

Special counsel: Zuckerberg 2020 election grants violated Wisconsin bribery laws

Special counsel: Zuckerberg 2020 election grants violated Wisconsin bribery laws

by WorldTribune Staff, March 1, 2022 Millions of dollars in grant funds from Mark Zuckerberg that went exclusively to Democrat strongholds in Wisconsin were a violation of the state election code’s prohibition on bribery, according to a report submitted on Tuesday by a state-appointed special counsel to the Wisconsin Assembly. Michael Gableman, a retired state […]

Wisconsin Republicans seek constitutional ban on billionaires’ control of ‘local election administration’

Wisconsin Republicans seek constitutional ban on billionaires’ control of ‘local election administration’

by WorldTribune Staff, February 4, 2022 Wisconsin Republican state Rep. Tyler August is proposing a constitutional amendment that would ban private donations for election operations in the state. “[It] would prohibit out-of-state billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook from using their deep pockets to control our local election administration,” August tweeted on Thursday. During the […]