US Poll: Zuckerberg Donates $300m To Support Non-Partisan Organisations

American media magnet and co-founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, has announced the donation of $300million to “non-partisan organisations that are working to make sure every voter’s voice can be heard this November.”

Americans will be voting on November 3 to elect their President.

The major contenders are President Donald Trump and former Vice-President Joe Biden.

Zuckerberg disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement on Facebook.

According to him, the voter pattern this year will be phenomenal due to the coronavirus that has claimed the lives of over 170,000 Americans.

Also, voting by mail is likely to take place in every state in the United States, due to social distancing.

“I’m concerned that our country’s election infrastructure faces many new challenges this year because of the Covid pandemic.

” There will be historic levels of voting by mail, and increased need for poll workers and equipment to support contact-free voting.

” Election officials across the country are working hard to ensure that everyone can vote and every vote can be counted — and we want to help make sure they have the resources they need to do this,” he stated.

Zuckerberg stressed that he was doing his part to ensure that those in charge of the electoral processes would be fully equipped to carry out a fair election.

His statement further reads: “We are committing $250 million to the Centre for Tech and Civic Life to provide funding for local counties to have the staffing, training, and equipment they need.

“This will go towards recruiting poll workers (including hazard pay and training), renting polling places, buying PPE for poll workers, providing temporary staffing, supporting drive-through voting, and more.

“We are committing another $50 million to The Centre for Election Innovation & Research that will go to Secretary of State offices across the country — in both red and blue states — that are working to ensure states’ electoral systems are secure and voters are informed.

“This is in addition to the work that Facebook is doing to run the largest voting registration campaign in American history — with a goal of helping more than 4 million people register to vote and providing authoritative information about topics like how to vote by mail in each state.

“Voting is the ultimate way we hold our leaders accountable and make sure our country is heading in the direction we want.

” It is critical for our democracy that we all have confidence in the integrity and legitimacy of our elections, and that means having confidence that our country has the infrastructure to make sure every voter can make their voice heard.

“I’m grateful to everyone doing your part to respond to this year’s unprecedented challenges and I’m proud to support you in your work.”