Taxpayer‑funded microtargeting

Local governments are using platform ad tools (interest tags, language targeting, ZIP‑level placement) to run turnout operations that disproportionately reach culturally‑marked, low‑turnout constituencies. That practice can turn routine 'civic outreach' spending into a de facto partisan turnout tactic when the targeted markers map closely to partisan blocs. — If true and widespread, the practice shifts a routine public function (getting out the vote) into a contested arena where platform capabilities amplify partisan advantage and undermine normative expectations of government neutrality.