Reasonable Inference
CTCL grant agreements with Georgia counties including Fulton and DeKalb funded the deployment of additional early-vote sites and enhanced staffing, with funding heavily favoring urban Democratic strongholds. In Georgia, over 94 percent of CTCL’s $45 million in grants went to 17 counties won by Biden, while less than 6 percent reached 26 counties won by Trump. This concentration of election infrastructure investment in Biden-leaning jurisdictions created an operational landscape where convenient access and in-person assistance were systematically more available in Democratic-leaning precincts than in Republican-leaning rural areas.
Citations
Fulton County received $6,000,000 in CTCL grants ($5.64 per capita). Capital Research Center, Known Grants to Georgia Counties by CTCL, 2020 General Election, capitalresearch.org. The Fulton County Auditor confirmed two CTCL grants (CTC1 and CTC2) used for election operations, personnel, and equipment. Fulton County Office of the County Auditor, Registration & Elections Financial Review (Aug. 3, 2021), at 2, fultoncountyga.gov. Grant funds were used to open additional early voting locations, hire staff, and purchase high-speed tabulators. Timeline of Electoral Policy Activities, SCOTUS App. p. 14, supremecourt.gov. Note: Fulton’s 25 ballot drop boxes were separately funded by an $85,000 SPLC grant, not CTCL. Fulton County Auditor, id. at 6.
DeKalb County received a $4.8M CTCL grant ($5.27 per capita). Stated uses: “hire more personnel, purchase additional voting and mail ballot sorting equipment, open and operate additional early voting and Election Day locations, ensure sanitization of voting equipment and purchase sufficient personal protective equipment (PPE) for both poll workers and voters.” Atlanta Voice (Oct. 12, 2020), theatlantavoice.com. Confirmed by SCOTUS Timeline: “DeKalb County, Georgia receives a $4.8M CTCL grant for election related workers, processing equipment, and early voting locations.” SCOTUS App. p. 14, supremecourt.gov.
H.R. Rep. No. 118-509, at 9 (House Comm. on House Administration, 2024): “In Georgia, CTCL provided $45 million in grants… $42.4 million, or over 94 percent of all CTCL funds [went] to 17 counties won by Biden. In contrast, the remaining $2.6 million, or less than 6 percent of CTCL funds, were received by 26 counties won by Trump.” Available at govinfo.gov. The five largest Georgia recipients were all Biden-won counties: Cobb ($5.6M), Fulton ($6M), Gwinnett ($4.1M), DeKalb ($4M), and Clayton ($3.1M). Capital Research Center data, capitalresearch.org.
H.R. Rep. No. 118-509, at 9: “the 43 counties that received funds swung, on average, two-point three percentage points towards Biden but the 116 counties that did not receive funds saw no change.” In CTCL-funded counties, Biden received 73% of his statewide vote total and Trump received 55% of his statewide total. Id. Biden’s turnout in those counties surged roughly 35% vs. Clinton 2016, netting 510,000 additional votes; Trump’s turnout increased only 18%, netting 203,000 additional votes. Id. Available at govinfo.gov.
Nationally, CTCL awarded $217M to Biden-won states vs. $114M to Trump-won states. Ballotpedia. In eight contested swing states, 90% of CTCL’s $144.2M went to Democrat-leaning counties. Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Press Release (Dec. 20, 2021), tenney.house.gov. PNAS (2024) independently confirms CTCL reached 65% of heavily Democratic counties vs. 30% of heavily Republican counties. Warshaw et al., pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
Election Oversight Group, LLC, Fulton County: Report of Investigation of the 2020 General Election, Private Funding section (Jan. 2026), submitted to Georgia State Election Board, scribd.com.