The Mark Zuckerberg-funded Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL) announced on Tuesday that it will provide additional "safe elections" grants to county election departments in Georgia in advance of the two U.S. Senate runoff elections that will be held on January 5, 2021.

With majority control of the U.S. Senate hanging in the balance, hundreds of millions of dollars are expected to be spent in the two runoff elections in Georgia between incumbent Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) and Democrat challenger Jon Ossoff, and incumbent Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) and Democrat challenger Raphael Warnock.

"The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact American civic life, especially the administration of safe elections. And with the November 2020 general election nearly behind us, CTCL is focusing philanthropic support to directly help Georgia election offices lead a safe and secure runoff election in January 2021," the CTCL said in a statement released on its website Tuesday morning.