(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s most-recent former governor says elections in the state must be fair and free from outside money posing as election aid.
Former Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday said voters need to approve a constitutional amendment banning so-called “Zuckerbucks” in order to keep politicians from sapping faith from voters.
“Because elections are so important, you don’t want to leave that to the whim of whoever is temporarily in charge at that time,” Walker told News Talk 1130 WISN’s Jay Weber.
Wisconsin voters will see the amendment on their ballots on Tuesday. If approved, it would ban local election managers from accepting outside money, grants or gifts to help with election proceedings.
The proposed ban comes after the Mark Zuckerberg-backed Center for Tech and Civic Life spent more than $6 million in 2020 on election operations in Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Racine and Kenosha.
Local election officials say some of the money went
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