The Sconi

The Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL) provided millions of dollars to Wisconsin, according to its preliminary list of grants it said it disbursed in 2020 to 217 local jurisdictions.

Unlike the other states that received funding, the money in Wisconsin was divided among cities and townships and not counties. 

Wisconsin received $6.7 million in grant money. Capital Research reported that in Wisconsin, there were 1,630,930 votes for President Joe Biden and CTCL spent approximately $4.65 per Biden voter. 

Biden won 14 out of Wisconsin’s 72 counties. CTCL’s largest grants included $2,154,500 to Milwaukee; $1,271,788 to Madison; $1,093,400 to Green Bay; $942,100 to Racine; $862,779 to Kenosha; and $183,292 to Janesville. 

Capital Research reported that CTCL spent an average of $6.79 for every Biden voter in Milwaukee County, $4.89 for every Biden voter in Dane County; $16.69 per Biden voter in Brown County, which is centered on Green Bay;$18,78 per Biden voter in Racine County and $20.45 per Biden voter in Kenosha County.

Madison's Democratic Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway said over the summer that the April primary was extremely expensive. She said cities were left in need of financial assistance and the money from CTCL would be helpful. 

"Through an extraordinary effort, Madison was able to pull off a safe election in April, but we spent hundreds of thousands of dollars we hadn’t budgeted doing so,” Rhodes-Conway said in an earlier release, The Sconi previously reported. “As we have seen in Wisconsin and across the nation, COVID-19 is not gone; in fact it’s getting worse in some places. If we are going to meet our obligations as elected leaders to ensure the safe administration of elections during this pandemic, we have to think differently and bring in help where we can. These valuable resources will go a long way to running successful elections this year."

Biden won Wisconsin by less than 21,000 votes, Capital Research reported.