The Center for Civic Life and Technology is providing funding to municipalities nationwide to help them administer the November elections. | Adobe Stock
The Center for Civic Life and Technology is providing funding to municipalities nationwide to help them administer the November elections. | Adobe Stock
The Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) has been donating to local election agencies and while several cities and counties in numerous states have received contributions, Wake County is not one of them.
The Wake County Board of Elections said in an email to North Raleigh Today that it has not received funding from the voting organization.
Influence Watch has described Chicago-based CTCL as a center-left election reform advocacy group that advocates for left-of-center voting policies and election administrators. It is funded by groups such as the Rockefeller Brothers Foundation, the Democracy Fund and the Skoll Foundation.
Though Wake County has not received funds from CTCL, that is not the case in other jurisdictions.
CTCL has donated millions to Wisconsin, Philadelphia and Delaware County, Pa., Spectrum News 1 and the Delco Times reported in July and August.
For instance, in Wisconsin, the mayors of five of the largest cities have teamed up to secure what they are calling a safe election and CTCL awarded them $6.3 million, Spectrum News reported.
Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Racine and Kenosha mayors all referred to the spring election when their municipalities scrambled to try to conduct safe elections amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Spectrum News reported. They all applied for grants from CTCL to support election operations as part of the "Wisconsin Safe Voting Plan."
The grant from CTCL will allow the municipalities to invest in voting sites, drive-through and drop box locations for ballots, and also protective equipment for poll workers, Spectrum reported.
CTCL also said in August it would provide rural grants to local election offices across the country.
Philadelphia also received $10 million from the CTCL, according to Ballotpedia. It will use a majority of the $5.5 million for mail-in and absentee voting and processing equipment.
Delaware County, Pa., also received $2.2 million from CTCL. The Delaware County Council accepted the grant and will use the funds to train poll workers, set up drop-box locations for voters to return ballots, and support opportunities to vote early through either over-the-counter mail-in voting, the Delco Times reported.
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