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Zuckerberg 5 “Safe Voting Plan” Contractual Penalties (WI)

Brown County, Dane County, Established Fact, Green Bay, Kenosha, Kenosha County, Madison, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Operational Control, Privatized Election Operations, Racine County, United States, Wisconsin /

Established Fact The five “Zuckerberg 5” cities — Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Racine, and Kenosha — together requested and received $6,324,527 in CTCL grants in July 2020 to implement the Wisconsin Safe Voting Plan, a document the cities themselves submitted to CTCL specifying drop box locations, staffing increases, poll worker recruitment, and voter outreach programs.

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CTCL Claw-Back Leverage Over Philadelphia Operations (PA)

Established Fact, Operational Control, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Privatized Election Operations, United States /

Established Fact Philadelphia accepted millions in CTCL funds under agreements with claw-back provisions that, in practical effect, made noncompliance with CTCL’s specified operational model (including drop-box deployment, staffing, and outreach) “not an option.” Local officials described the terms as binding, and the grant documents empowered CTCL to demand repayment for deviations, granting a Chicago-based NGO

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CTCL Detroit Grant with Unilateral Claw-Back Authority (MI)

Detroit, Established Fact, Michigan, Operational Control, Privatized Election Operations, United States, Wayne County /

Established Fact Detroit’s CTCL grant (approx. 3.5-7.4 million dollars depending on tranche) included a clause granting CTCL the right, “in its sole judgment,” to demand return of funds if Detroit did not adhere to the grant’s conditions (e.g., implementing specified satellite offices, drop boxes, and staffing models). This placed core questions of compliance with election-administration

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CTCL Grant Claw-Backs Nullifying County Independence (GA)

DeKalb County, Established Fact, Fulton County, Georgia, Operational Control, Privatized Election Operations, United States /

Established Fact Georgia counties including Fulton and DeKalb accepted multi-million-dollar CTCL grants in 2020 — Fulton County $6,309,436 and DeKalb County approximately $4.7 million for the general election plus an additional $4.6 million for the December runoff — and used the funds to operate voting locations, hire election staff, purchase processing equipment, and deploy drop

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Swiss Business Contracted by National Institute for Health to Develop a Patent for Injection of Fake Voters into Election Systems (Switzerland)

Established Fact, Foreign Influence Operations, Foreign Interference, Switzerland, United States /

Established Fact Patent US 7,549,049 proves that some of the greatest threats to election integrity aren’t software bugs—they are intentional design features. Internet-based voting systems that lack a verifiable, physical paper trail continue to represent an unacceptable risk to secure elections. It is concerning for the following reasons: It Provides a Built-In Blueprint for Ballot

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CCP University Partnerships Established with US Universities (China)

China, Established Fact, Foreign Influence Operations, Foreign Interference, United States /

Established Fact Partnerships were formed between Wayne State University Law School and Beijing Normal University and the China University of Political Science and Law following a June 2013 trip to China by Wayne Law Interim Dean Jocelyn Benson, and a subsequent December 2013 visit by Wayne Law Associate Professor Paul Dubinsky, who served as director

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Iranian Nationals Charged for Cyber-Enabled Disinformation and Threat Campaign Designed to Influence the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election (Iran)

Established Fact, Foreign Influence Operations, Foreign Interference, Iran, United States /

Established Fact Seyyed Mohammad Hosein Musa Kazemi (سید محمد حسین موسی کاظمی), aka Mohammad Hosein Musa Kazem, aka Hosein Zamani, 24, and Sajjad Kashian (سجاد کاشیان), aka Kiarash Nabavi, 27, both of Iran, obtained confidential U.S. voter information from at least one state election website; sent threatening email messages to intimidate and interfere with voters;

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DNI Ratcliffe Memorandum: CIA Analysts Suppressed Chinese Election Interference Assessments on Explicit Political Grounds – Violation of IRTPA Analytic Standard B (China)

China, Established Fact, Foreign Influence Operations, Foreign Interference, United States /

Established Fact On January 7, 2021, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe issued a formal memorandum documenting a significant intelligence failure: career CIA analysts had suppressed evidence of Chinese interference in the 2020 election on explicit political grounds. Ratcliffe’s memorandum stated that “China analysts were hesitant to assess Chinese actions as ‘undue influence’ or ‘interference.’

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Smartmatic Executives Indicted for FCPA Violations and Money Laundering – Pattern of Corporate Corruption in Foreign Election Contracts (Venezuela)

Established Fact, Foreign Influence Operations, Foreign Interference, Philippines, United States, Venezuela /

Established Fact On August 9, 2024, federal prosecutors in the Southern District of Florida filed a superseding indictment against Smartmatic executives Roger Pinate Martinez (President/COO) and Jorge Vasquez for: (1) conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (18 U.S.C. § 371); and (2) money laundering in connection with bribes paid to Philippine government officials

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Konnech Inc. – U.S. Election Logistics Data Exfiltrated to Chinese Government Servers (China)

China, Established Fact, Foreign Election Records, Foreign Interference, United States /

Established Fact Konnech Inc., an East Lansing, Michigan-based election software company, provided poll worker management, election logistics, and scheduling software to election offices across the United States – including multiple Michigan jurisdictions. Forensic investigation revealed that Konnech transferred sensitive U.S. election data – including poll worker personally identifiable information (PII), building schematics, and operational logistics

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