Mail-in ballots are sorted in West Chester, Pa., in October 2020. (Matt Slocum/AP)
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A previous version of this article misreported how many initiatives debuted through the Audacious Project at TED 2022. Nine such initiatives debuted at the event. The article has been corrected.

The founder of a nonprofit that has become a target of Republican ire for funneling hundreds of millions of dollars to election administrators in 2020 announced this week that her organization will spearhead a similar new effort starting this year.

Tiana Epps-Johnson, who leads the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL), said Monday evening that the new U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence would send $80 million in the next five years to election departments across the United States in need of basic funding for equipment replacement and other resources.