Republicans should use their control of the federal government to prevent oligarchs from influencing elections through nonprofits, as Mark Zuckerberg did in 2020. The American Confidence in Elections (ACE) Act of 2023 would ban states from using private funds to run elections along with a host of election integrity measures that would limit fraud and restore confidence in American democracy.
Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, infamously funneled $420 million into the 2020 election cycle, including $350 million into county election offices, under the guise of helping cash-strapped counties cover the costs of running elections during the Covid-19 lockdowns. Some claimed this was an example of civic-minded, wealthy Americans giving their tax-free donations to free up tax dollars during a difficult time in the nation’s
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