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ALEC “Academy” Featured a Who’s Who of Voter Suppression Leaders 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 here. ALEC Leader Indicted for Campaign Finance Conspiracy 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. Read the rest of this item here. ALEC Voter Suppressors Square Off in GOP Primary for Arizona Secretary of State 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. Read the rest of this item here. ALEC Leaders Boast About Anti-Abortion, Anti-Trans Bills 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. Read the rest of this item here. Here’s Who Funds the Right-Wing American Legislative Exchange Council 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. Read the rest of this item here.