Wyoming’s elections chief is sounding the alarm that a left-wing group notable for its 2020 election shenanigans is attempting to influence the state’s 2024 contest, The Federalist has learned.
In an Oct. 2 letter sent to county clerks and obtained by The Federalist, Secretary of State Chuck Gray warned that the Center for Tech and Civic (CTCL) has a foothold in the Cowboy State weeks before the Nov. 5 election.
“I have serious concerns with CTCL’s presence and with its solicitation of county clerks,” Gray wrote.
CTCL is one of two nonprofits that dumped hundreds of millions of dollars from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg into local election offices in the months leading up to the 2020 contest. These “Zuckbucks” were used to expand unsecure election practices and heavily skewed toward Democrat-majority counties, essentially making it a massive, privately funded Democrat get-out-the-vote operation.
Wyoming is one of two states (the other being West Virginia) that did not appear to have received any “Zuckbucks” during the 2020 election cycle, according to the Capital Research Center.
In his letter, Gray told Wyoming clerks he was “deeply troubled” to learn of CTCL’s presence “at the Wyoming Association of County Officers meeting in Rock Springs last week,” and that the group’s appearance at the event “only demonstrates that they are targeting Wyoming” ahead of the 2024 election. He specifically expressed concern about the launch of CTCL’s “2024 Rural and Nonmetro Election Infrastructure Grants.”
As my colleague Logan Washburn reported, the new program’s grants are
