Privatization of Poll Worker Hiring and Inflation of Compensation Through CTCL Grants (MI)
Established Fact Detroit utilized its $7.4 million CTCL grant – which nearly doubled its Department of Elections budget of $10.5 million – in part to fund the hiring of up to 2,000 temporary election workers through a private staffing firm linked to an associate of former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (convicted on 24 federal felony counts).