A constitutional amendment was introduced in the Louisiana House of Representatives on April 3 that would prohibit funds from a foreign government or any nongovernmental source to be used to conduct elections.
As of January 2023, 24 states had enacted legislation to prohibit private funding for election administration. According to NCSL, these laws were enacted in 2021 or 2022.
In 2020, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, donated $350 million to the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL). CTCL announced that the donation would be used to provide coronavirus response grants for local election administration purposes. CTCL awarded over 2,500 grants. These donations sparked debate about non-governmental entities providing private funding for election administration efforts.
