Restoration PAC, a conservative Super PAC, is launching an ad campaign to educate Green Bay residents on the previous decision by city officials to accept outside funding to conduct elections, ahead of the city council race.
The Center for Tech and Civic Life, an organization partially funded by Mark Zuckerberg, gave the city of Green Bay $1.6 million to assist with the administration of its elections. The city used the funds for a host of priorities, including paying poll workers.
Conservatives have blasted the decision, arguing cities should not be allowed to receive outside funding to conduct their elections. However, a judge has ruled that there is no law to prevent the action.
“This shameful abdication of responsibility by the Green Bay mayor and city council is unprecedented in American history and requires accountability,” Restoration PAC Founder and President Doug Truax. “We aren’t going to let it slide.”
The 30-second video targets Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich and members of the council, as 10 seats are up for grabs in the contest.
“Free and fair elections are the Wisconsin way. Green Bay’s leaders changed all that. They let partisan outsiders take control of the 2020 election operations … granting free access to restricted election offices, access to the absentee ballot room, and computer access to ballots on election night. Green Bay mayor Eric Genrich and the City Council allowed this. Let them know April 5th that they betrayed our trust,” the ad states.
In a similar manner, another Zuckerberg-funded group, the Center for Election Innovation and Research, dished out $12 million in Michigan to “educate voters.” However, the overwhelming majority of the funds were awarded to Democratic operatives, raising concerns over the claim to be “nonpartisan.”
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Cooper Moran is a reporter for The Wisconsin Daily Star and The Star News Network. Email tips to [email protected].
Photo “election day” by Phil Roeder CC BY 2.0.
