Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was the subject of a heated political battle over election funding in Wisconsin that ended with a win for Republicans Tuesday.
Voters in the Badger State passed a ballot initiative to ban the use of private funds for election administration − a measure championed by former President Donald Trump and Republican House lawmakers including Reps. Bryan Steil of Wisconsin and Jim Jordan of Ohio.
The initiative stems from misinformation surrounding a nearly $420 million donation Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, made to two nonpartisan nonprofits, the Center for Tech and Civic Life and the Center for Election Innovation & Research, in 2020. Those funds were later disbursed to local and state officials.
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