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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2021/11/16/alec-academy-featured-a-whos-who-of-voter-suppression-leaders/ ALEC “Academy” Featured a Who’s Who of Voter Suppression Leaders]</h3>
[[Image: Grand_America_Hotel_Bar.jpeg |270 px|center]] While the July 26-28 session was ostensibly led by the dark money group Honest Elections Project, it was organized, hosted, and bankrolled by ALEC, despite repeated claims by its CEO, Lisa Nelson, that the group does not work on voting issues.


Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2021/11/16/alec-academy-featured-a-whos-who-of-voter-suppression-leaders/ here].
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/07/18/who-funds-alec/ Who Funds ALEC?]</h3>
[[Image: Alec25.jpeg |270 px|center]] ALEC’s largest identifiable funder is the Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation, which funneled $3.6 million into its coffers between 2019 and 2024. Some of the funds were used to bankroll ALEC CARE, the pay-to-play group’s controversial voter management campaign software.
 
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/07/18/who-funds-alec/ here].
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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2021/10/28/alec-leader-indicted-for-campaign-finance-conspiracy/ ALEC Leader Indicted for Campaign Finance Conspiracy]</h3>
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/07/17/alec-brings-voter-suppression-activities-out-of-the-dark-and-coddles-fossil-fuel-industry-at-this-weeks-annual-meeting/ ALEC Brings Voter Suppression Activities Out of the Dark and Coddles Fossil Fuel Industry at This Week’s Annual Meeting]</h3>
[[Image: Brian-kelsey-alec.png |270 px|center]] Tennessee state Sen. Brian Kelsey, a state chair and national board member of the American Legislative Exchange Council, allegedly used illegal contributions to further his campaign for Congress in 2016.
[[Image: Alec1.jpeg |270 px|center]] The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is bringing together state lawmakers, corporate lobbyists, MAGA followers, and right-wing operatives and funders at the four-star JW Marriott Indianapolis this week for its annual meeting, where once again it will strategize about how to further suppress the vote, prop up the fossil fuel industry, push Trump’s priorities, and more.


Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2021/10/28/alec-leader-indicted-for-campaign-finance-conspiracy/ here].
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/07/17/alec-brings-voter-suppression-activities-out-of-the-dark-and-coddles-fossil-fuel-industry-at-this-weeks-annual-meeting/ here].
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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2021/10/21/alec-voter-suppressors-square-off-in-gop-primary-for-arizona-secretary-of-state/ ALEC Voter Suppressors Square Off in GOP Primary for Arizona Secretary of State]</h3>
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/03/14/alec-legislators-dominate-leadership-positions-in-republican-states/ ALEC Legislators Dominate Leadership Positions in Republican States]</h3>
[[Image: Fimchem-and-Bolick-900x508.jpeg |270 px|center]] Both leading candidates in the Republican primary for secretary of state in Arizona support voter suppression legislation, and one is an insurrectionist backed by Trump.
[[Image: ALEC-Panel-Annual-Meeting-2024-900x508.jpg |270 px|center]] For more than 50 years, the American Legislative Exchange Council has moved a right-wing and pro-corporate Republican agenda of legislation in states across the country — all while posing as a nonpartisan, tax-exempt charity.


Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2021/10/21/alec-voter-suppressors-square-off-in-gop-primary-for-arizona-secretary-of-state/ here].
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/03/14/alec-legislators-dominate-leadership-positions-in-republican-states/ here].
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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2021/10/04/alec-leaders-boast-about-anti-abortion-anti-trans-bills/ ALEC Leaders Boast About Anti-Abortion, Anti-Trans Bills]</h3>
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/02/25/alec-pushes-state-anti-labor-agenda-for-2025/ ALEC Pushes State Anti-Labor Agenda for 2025]</h3>
[[Image: Alec-nacl.png |270 px|center]] At a Council for National Policy conference in May, top legislative members of the American Legislative Exchange Council took credit for advancing bills to severely restrict abortion access and target trans students in their states.
[[Image: IStock-1501973077-900x508.jpg |270 px|center]] The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a corporate bill-mill, has laid out its priorities for this year’s state legislative sessions.


Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2021/10/04/alec-leaders-boast-about-anti-abortion-anti-trans-bills/ here].
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/02/25/alec-pushes-state-anti-labor-agenda-for-2025/ here].
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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/02/10/alec-publishes-its-own-project-2025-for-the-states/ ALEC Publishes Its Own Project 2025 — for the States]</h3>
[[Image: 50yearsofharm-rally-900x508.jpg |270 px|center]] “Now, more than ever, is the time for states to lead.” This assertion by leaders of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) opens the organization’s Essential Policy Solutions playbook for 2025.


<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2021/09/22/heres-who-funds-the-right-wing-american-legislative-exchange-council/ Here’s Who Funds the Right-Wing American Legislative Exchange Council]</h3>
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/02/10/alec-publishes-its-own-project-2025-for-the-states/ here].
[[Image: Alec-funding.png |270 px|center]] A CMD investigation reveals the identities of the donors behind a large portion of ALEC’s revenue as the group continues its attempts to hide its backers and its agenda from the public.
 
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ALEC News

Who Funds ALEC?

ALEC’s largest identifiable funder is the Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation, which funneled $3.6 million into its coffers between 2019 and 2024. Some of the funds were used to bankroll ALEC CARE, the pay-to-play group’s controversial voter management campaign software.

Read the rest of this item here.


ALEC Brings Voter Suppression Activities Out of the Dark and Coddles Fossil Fuel Industry at This Week’s Annual Meeting

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is bringing together state lawmakers, corporate lobbyists, MAGA followers, and right-wing operatives and funders at the four-star JW Marriott Indianapolis this week for its annual meeting, where once again it will strategize about how to further suppress the vote, prop up the fossil fuel industry, push Trump’s priorities, and more.

Read the rest of this item here.


ALEC Legislators Dominate Leadership Positions in Republican States

For more than 50 years, the American Legislative Exchange Council has moved a right-wing and pro-corporate Republican agenda of legislation in states across the country — all while posing as a nonpartisan, tax-exempt charity.

Read the rest of this item here.


ALEC Pushes State Anti-Labor Agenda for 2025

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a corporate bill-mill, has laid out its priorities for this year’s state legislative sessions.

Read the rest of this item here.


ALEC Publishes Its Own Project 2025 — for the States

“Now, more than ever, is the time for states to lead.” This assertion by leaders of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) opens the organization’s Essential Policy Solutions playbook for 2025.

Read the rest of this item here.