Investigating Power
…short of the 24,775 signatures required to make the ballot. The other leading candidate, state Rep. Shawnna Bolick, is also an ALEC member. The Phoenix Republican co-chairs ALEC’s secretive elections…
…state chairs are affiliated with ALEC: Sen. Ted Alexander (N.C.)—attended 2019 ALEC meeting Rep. Ben Baker (Mo.)—co-state chair Rep. Bob Ballinger (Ariz.)—attended 2019 ALEC meeting Sen. Dennis Baxley (Fla.)—former member,…
…of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the pay-to-play group where corporations and politicians write legislation together behind closed doors. Rep. Biasiucci is a former member. Pfizer was a longstanding…
…Matthew Harrington, but the Commission dismissed the complaint with respect to both legislators after hearing testimony that neither used the software, dubbed ALEC CARE. An ALEC affidavit makes clear that…
…exposed, Nelson falsely claimed that ALEC does not work on voting issues, while in reality ALEC has been working behind the scenes on voter suppression policies. And contrary to ALEC‘s…
…out of the right-wing social legislation game, one thing is clear now: ALEC is back. At the May meeting of the secretive, Christian-Right Council for National Policy, ALEC led two…
…voter suppression efforts, ALEC’s response was swift and righteous. “ALEC doesn’t have ‘template legislation’ on voting because ALEC doesn’t work on voting issues,” ALEC’s CEO Lisa Nelson wrote in a…
…spread climate misinformation, and to right-wing media outlets. Dubbed “ALEC CARE,” the software, provided for free to ALEC legislative members and valued by ALEC at $3,000 per legislator, is owned…
Matthew Cunningham-Cook Matthew Cunningham-Cook is an award-winning investigative reporter with a focus on capital markets and money in politics. He has written for The American Prospect, The New York Times,…
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)’s advocacy organization ALEC Action published a letter on its website to members of Congress urging them to oppose the Protecting the Right to Organize…
