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). Poll worker pay was inflated to as high as $81.25/hour for overnight shifts. Simultaneously, credentialed Republican challengers were systematically excluded from the TCF Center counting floor while personnel from non-governmental organizations (ACLU, Detroit Will Breathe, Detroit Action, Michigan Liberation, 484 Forward, the 313 Collective) were admitted without proper challenger credentials. A document titled “Tactics to Distract GOP Challengers” was reportedly observed on the counting floor.
Citations
John Solomon, “Zuckerberg group gave Detroit $7.4 million to ‘dramatically’ expand vote in city key to Biden win,” Just The News, April 10, 2021 (updated April 13, 2021), https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/zuckerbergs-group-gave-whopping-74-million-detroit-expand-voting-city-key. (Confirms Detroit received three CTCL grants totaling exactly $7.4 million [$200k + $3.512M + $3.724M] and details their use for expanded operations, including poll worker pay increases and staffing.)
Michigan Citizens for Election Integrity (MC4EI), TCF Timeline: The 2020 General Election in Detroit (January 2022), pp. 4–5, https://mc4ei.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/TCF-Timeline-Report-2020-Detroit-General-Election.pdf (compiling sworn affidavits). (Confirms the $7.4M CTCL grant funded, in part, a $1,053,600 contract with P.I.E. Management, LLC for up to 2,000 temporary election workers; also details the firm’s ownership and ties.)
TCF Timeline: The 2020 General Election in Detroit, https://drive.google.com/file/d/18f9PLY3IXUPJiMyStdNgMmAYGgjpBXZx/view?usp=drive_link | MC4EI