Arizona Legislature votes to outlaw private election grants
Associated PressPHOENIX — Arizona Republicans voted Wednesday to ban private funding for elections, a response to millions of dollars in grants for the 2020 election from organizations with funding from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s foundation. Doug Ducey following a party-line vote in the Senate, where Democrats warned the measure could starve election offices of the funds needed to run secure and efficient elections. “We should be proactively stopping that before it becomes embedded in America’s election system.” Democrats say the grants wouldn’t be necessary if the Legislature provided enough money to county election officials to run elections. “Our elections are so underfunded we’ve got counites out there asking for money to do voter outreach.” Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs used $4.8 million from the Center for Election Innovation and Research for an advertising campaign telling voters when and how to vote, encourage signup for the permanent early voting list, recruit poll workers and combat misinformation before and after the election.
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