Georgia has partnered with Democracy Works, a nonprofit that is funded by left-wing organizations like Democracy Fund, to provide absentee ballot recording.
Georgia “has partnered with Enhanced Voting to introduce the Ballot Scout device to citizens across the state,” according to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s announcement on Monday. Georgian voters will receive real-time information about their absent by message ballots, according to the platform, which “enhances transparency and trust in the voting process.”
In a statement, Raffensperger said,” Ballot Scout represents a significant improvement in how we manage and track votes.” With this device, Georgian voters can remain educated and assured throughout the full voting process, knowing where their vote is.
According to the media release, citizens who use Ballot Scout and cast absentee ballots may be notified via text, email, or voice call when their vote is marked” as issued” and when state election officials receive it after the vote casts his vote.
In a blog on X, Enhanced Voting praised the partnership, claiming Ballot Scout may provide “reassurance and surety” to voters and that they are” committed to fostering clarity and security in the voting process.”
But Ballot Scout is a task of TurboVote, according to Democracy Fund. According to Influence Watch, TurboVote is a company of Democracy Works, which “provides grants to companies that prioritize voting registration and recruitment within areas likely to vote for left-of-center prospects and guidelines.”
Democracy Works also receives funding from Democracy Fund, which focuses on” contribut]ing ] to center-left and left-wing media organizations, groups seeking to infringe on campaign speech rights, left-of-center voter registration organizations, and nominally non-aligned public policy organizations”, according to Influence Watch. Its leader, auction leader Pierre Omidyar, apparently donated”$ 450, 000 to Super PACs advocating against Trump’s vote in 2016″.
The Center for Tech and Civic Life ( CTCL ) also promoted Ballot Scout in 2020 ahead of the presidential election, listing it among other” training” resources for election officials. In 2020, CTCL and the Center for Election Innovation and Research ( CEIR ) received hundreds of millions of dollars from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, dubbed” Zuckbucks“, which they poured into election offices in predominantly left-wing areas nationwide, effectively creating a massive get-out-the-vote operation for Democrats.
Ballottrax was used in Georgia‘s past to monitor absentee ballots, but some other states still do so. Raffensperger’s company did not respond to The Federalist’s inquiry as to why the position switched to mate with a leftist-backed business.
Democracy Works says that people who use one of their companies, like Ballot Scout, may include their information shared by Democracy Works with third-party service providers, “partners”, and regulation protection, amongst others.
” State election officials telling voters they should use a service]should be ] telling them exactly what that company is going to do”, Ned Jones, director of the Citizens Election Research Network, told The Federalist. ” Nothing ever reads the protection coverage”.
The method became sluggish during the 2020 election, in part because of “remote electioneering,” as research director at the Caesar Rodney Election Research Institute William Doyle explained for The Federalist. The Peach State has had no excuse absentee ballot for more than a decade.
According to Doyle, “remote electioneering” is an “attempt to control or seek votes among absent citizens between the moment they receive their absentee ballot and the moment they present it to their vote office.” A producer of Ballot Scout was one organization that supported this exercise in 2020.
CTCL, which doled out Zuckbucks via its Covid-19 Response Grant Program, expected recipients to” Encourage and Increase Absentee Voting ( By Mail and Early, In-Person )”, via expansion of ballot drop boxes and “assistance” in the ballots ‘ completion.
The Federalist’s election journalist, Brianna Lyman. With a diploma in global political economy, Brianna received her diploma from Fordham University. Her job has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. Observe Brianna on X: @briannalyman2
