Private Funding of elections

Conservatives Seek to Ban Private Funding of Elections Ahead of 2024 Races

Wisconsin voters ban private money, nonprofits from the election process after 2020 'Zuckerbucks' controversy; spotlight now on 22 states that still allow it.

April 13, 2024BY Steven Kovac

Leftist Groups Tapping $1 Billion to Vastly Expand the Private Financing of Public Elections

Democrats and their progressive allies are vastly expanding their unprecedented efforts, begun in 2020, to use private money ...

March 14, 2023BY Steve Miller

Election Reform Ballot Proposal Sparks Opposition in Michigan

Three former Michigan secretaries of state issued a joint statement this week urging a “no” vote on a ...

October 25, 2022BY Steven Kovac

Voters Appeal Dismissal of Lawsuit Over Use of Zuckerberg Millions in Michigan Elections

A years-long legal battle alleging dereliction of duty on the part of Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson ...

September 14, 2022BY Steven Kovac

Show Me the Zuckerbucks: How Outside Money Infiltrated Missouri’s 2020 Election

Commentary In 2020, government election offices across Missouri received millions of dollars from a billionaire who resides far ...

March 4, 2022BY Gregg Pfister

Private Money Seeks to Fund South Carolina Elections Via Non-Profits: Study

Non-profit organizations gave hundreds of millions of dollars to subsidize the conducting of state and local elections across ...

February 21, 2022BY Steven Kovac