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Coronavirus created ‘perfect storm’ that rained private money on Michigan election administration
Updated Feb 28, 2021;
Posted Feb 28, 2021
A ballot drop box sits outside Lansing City Hall as voters cast their ballots Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020 in Lansing. Nicole Hester/Mlive.com
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Millions in private nonprofit money went to 474 local clerks’ offices in Michigan to operate elections in 2020.
It’s raised ethical questions for some observers, often Republicans, who feel the difficult-to-track money, granted by a nonprofit funded with $400 million from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, taints the Democratic process.
Clerks themselves mostly praised the funds as necessary during a year with record absentee voting and turnout, unique circumstances presented by the worldwide coronavirus pandemic and a lack of state funds to offset new costs. ....

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