The bills are part of a broader push in Republican-led states to tighten elections laws in light of former President Donald Trump’s false claims of widespread voter fraud.
The ban sponsors, backed by the conservative group Heritage Action, say they are worried about private influence on the most democratic of government functions — providing the infrastructure for people to vote.
When the pandemic first hit with a presidential election looming, state officials turned to Congress first. Democrats proposed giving them as much as $3.6 billion for safety measures, but under Republican objections, that number dropped to $400 million. Some expected a second bill to hand out more money, but it never came through.
In response to questions about the bans states are enacting, Kaelan Richards, spokeswoman for the Chan-Zuckerberg family office, said, “When our nation’s election infrastructure faced unprecedented challenges due to the pandemic, Mark and Priscilla stepped up.” She noted that 2,500 jurisdictions in 49 states sought and received funds.
Unlike Schwarzenegger’s money, the Zuckerberg grants were open to every state and local government. To forestall any claims of bias, staff at the two nonprofits invited jurisdictions to apply, then fully funded every request — except the state of Louisiana, which withdrew a submission to the Center for Election Innovation & Research — even going back to Zuckerberg for more money.
The grants faced legal challenges in multiple states that were ultimately thrown out, with an application for an injunction to halt them denied by the U.S. Supreme Court in October of 2020.
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