Private money to fund elections will be banned in Wisconsin after voters approved a constitutional amendment Tuesday put forward by Republicans in reaction to grants received in 2020 that were funded by donations from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Voters also approved a second question put on the ballot by the Republican-controlled Legislature that amends the constitution to say that only election officials can administer elections. Democrats opposed both measures, which they argued would make it more difficult to conduct elections in the presidential battleground state.
Private money to fund elections will be banned in Wisconsin after voters approved a constitutional amendment Tuesday put forward by Republican s in reaction to grants received in 2020 that were funded by donations from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg . Voters also approved a second question put on the ballot by the Republican -controlled Legislature that amends the constitution to say that only election officials can administer elections.
That’s already state law, but putting it in the constitution makes it more difficult to repeal or change. Democrats opposed both measures, which they argued would make it more difficult to conduct elections in the presidential battleground state. Both constitutional amendments on the ballot were in reaction to grant money that came to Wisconsin in 2020 from the Center for Tech and Civic Life, a liberal group that fights for voter acces
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