New super PAC pays for Silicon Valley congressional recount, raises transparency concerns

A new political action committee was formed to pay for a recount of the contentious Congressional District 16 race, further obscuring who is actually funding the effort.

The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters has been receiving checks from Count the Vote, an independent expenditure committee, or super PAC, to help fund the highly scrutinized recount, as first reported by NBC Bay Area. The super PAC formed on April 9 and has sent eight checks for $12,000 each to Santa Clara County, to cover recount efforts through April 24. San Mateo County’s Registrar of Voters is receiving checks for $5,000 daily.