Ballot questions will let Wisconsin voters decide on election grants and poll workers
MADISON, Wis. — Voters in Wisconsin’s presidential primary next month will also have a chance to weigh in on how elections are run.
Two state constitutional amendments appear on the bottom of the April 2 ballot, asking voters whether they believe election officials should be able to receive privately funded grants and whether only elections officials designated by law should be allowed to administer an election.
The first question stems from false claims that billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg used election grants to tip the balance of the 2020 presidential race in favor of President Joe Biden. Zuckerberg donated $350 million which was distributed to election offices across the country. More than 200 Wisconsin municipalities received about $10 million of that money.
A large majority of the money distributed in Wisconsin went to the state’s five largest cities — including Milwaukee and Green Bay — which are traditionally Democratic strongholds. Republicans alleged that the grants were used as bribes or to boost Democratic turnout, but there is no evidence to support that. Elections offices used the funds to deal with the added costs of the COVID-19 pandemic. Records show that grant funds were spent on expenses including new voting machines, personal protective equipment, and additional absentee ballots.
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