Weber County has withdrawn from a left-wing dark money group that aims to influence local election operations, making it the second Utah locality to do so in recent weeks.
Previously designated as an active member, Weber County is no longer listed as a participating “center” on the U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence’s website. As The Federalist previously reported, the Alliance is an $80 million venture launched in 2022 by left-wing nonprofits such as the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) to “systematically influence every aspect of election administration” and advance Democrat-backed voting practices in local election offices.
The Daily Signal first reported in January 2023 that Weber County had joined the coalition. The news came several months after the Alliance announced its list of 2023 participating offices in November 2022. Weber was noticeably not included in that original announcement.
During the 2020 election, CTCL and the Center for Election Innovation and Research collectively received hundreds of millions of dollars from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. These “Zuckbucks” were poured into local election offices in battleground states around the country to change how elections were administered, such as by expanding unsupervised election protocols like mail-in voting and the use of ballot drop boxes. To make matters worse, the grants were heavily skewed towards Democrat-majority counties, essentially making it a massive Democrat get-out-the-vote operation.
Utah received $295,611 in “Zuckbucks” during the 2020 contest, according to the Capital Research Center. A law prohibiting state election officials from “soliciting, accepting, or using funds donated” by private entities was signed into law by GOP Gov. Spencer Cox in March
