Ali Noorani is an American advocacy-nonprofit operative. As of June 2024, Noorani was working as the program director of the “U.S. Democracy” program at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, a role he started in June 2022. In that capacity, Noorani has helped direct millions of dollars to various nonprofit groups related to so-called election security and democratic values. ⁶

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