Zuckerberg Election Funding Blocked by Louisiana Lawmakers

Louisiana would block local elections officials from accepting private funding for elections for staffing, equipment, or other expenses, under a bill headed Thursday to the governor’s desk.

The measure (H.B. 20) was proposed in response to groups such as the Center for Tech and Civic Life, which receives funding from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The groups offered grants to local government agencies for elections operations in 2020.

• Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) vetoed similar legislation last year, saying it was “an unnecessary political ploy that only serves to threaten the safety of polling places during a pandemic and ...