The Center for Tech and Civic Life—which four years ago doled out controversial election grants that became known as “Zuckerbucks”—recently notified White Pine County, Nevada, of a $20,000 grant.
The county, in a major battleground state going into the Nov. 5 presidential election, has a population of about 9,000 and is part of what the Left-aligned center calls its Rural and Nonmetro Election Infrastructure Grant Program.
The notification to White Pine County came with a message from Tiana Epps-Johnson, CTCL’s executive director, and an agreement on how the $20,000 grant could be used.
“I applied for the grant because my election storage building is in need of repairs and upgrades, in particular, to the security system,” White Pine County Clerk Nichole Stephey told The Daily Signal.
“I intend to purchase and have a company install a security system that is more reliable than what I currently have. I also purchased another ballot tabulation scanner to make voting as efficient as possible and avoid long lines,” Stephey said. “I purchased some signs [and] crowd-control items, and need to find another voting booth.”
The Center for Tech and Civic Life’s rural grant program also awarded $50,000 to Douglas County, Nevada, and $30,000 to Big Rapids, Michigan.
The term “Zuckerbucks,” sometimes shortened to “Zuckbucks,” emerged after Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife dumped about $400 million into election administration in 2020 that overwhelmingly went to heavily........