LIVE at 7 pm: “3rd Party Money and Influence” Zoom Forum

Greenwich, CT: Today there will be a Zoom forum on “Future of Greenwich Elections: 3rd Party Money and Influence” at 7 pm Eastern. This townwide conversation will be hosted by Greenwich resident Susan Schieffelin and Ed Lopez, a member of the Greenwich Representative Town Meeting. Also attending will be subject matter experts Scott Walter, president of the Capital Research Center, and Jason Snead of the Honest Elections Project.

Background

The Greenwich Representative Town Meeting is scheduled to vote on March 13, 2023, on a proposal to accept $500,000 from the Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL) for election administration.

CTCL has been sharply criticized for funneling $350 million from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to local election offices for the 2020 election, effectively privatizing the 2020 presidential election. Analysis of the CTCL grants indicates they were concentrated on Democratic jurisdictions in battleground states and had the effect of “juicing” the Democratic vote.

Further Research

• Greenwich Free Press Zoom forum announcement
• CRC report: “New IRS Disclosures Confirm Flood of Private Money to Elections Offices from Zuckerberg Grantee”
• CRC report: “Shining a Light on Zuck Bucks in the 2020 Battleground States”
• Wall Street Journal Editorial Board, “Zuckerbucks Shouldn’t Pay for Elections”