The Era of ‘Zuckbucks’ in Florida Election Administration Ends

The Era of ‘Zuckbucks’ in Florida Election Administration Ends
A voter reads her ballot while voting at the Legion Park polling place in Miami on Nov, 3, 2020. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
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The last of the three Florida counties that took grant monies from a left-wing activist group funded by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to help administer the 2020 elections has returned the remaining funds to the group after a new state law banned such grants, according to the Public Interest Legal Foundation.

Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, supporters of President Joe Biden and Democratic Party candidates, grabbed headlines during the last election cycle by giving as much as $400 million to the Chicago-based Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL).