Michigan Court Asked to Dismiss Suit to Stop Private Funding of Elections

(L-R) Cyrus Mehri, Jocelyn Benson and Willie Lanier at the SiriusXM Business Radio Broadcasts "Beyond The Game: Tackling Race" From Wharton San Francisco in San Francisco, Calif., on Feb. 5, 2016. Kimberly White/Getty Images for SiriusXM

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, wants Michigan communities to continue to accept millions of private dollars to help pay for elections.

In 2020, the Zuckerberg-funded Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL) gave out $350 million in grants to help local election officials across America cope with complications from the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. Some of that money was used to buy drop-boxes for absentee ballots.