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‘Zuckerbucks’ Hits Small Towns as Tech Group Finances Elections

The Center for Tech and Civic Life—which four years ago doled out controversial election grants that became known as “Zuckerbucks”—recently notified White Pine County, Nevada, of a $20,000 grant. 

The county, in a major battleground state going into the Nov. 5 presidential election, has a population of about 9,000 and is part of what the Left-aligned center calls its Rural and Nonmetro Election Infrastructure Grant Program. 

The notification to White Pine County came with a message from Tiana Epps-Johnson, CTCL’s executive director, and an agreement on how the $20,000 grant could be used. 

“I applied for the grant because my election storage building is in need of repairs and upgrades, in particular, to the security system,” White Pine County Clerk Nichole Stephey told The Daily Signal. 

“I intend to purchase and have a company install a security…

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