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ALEC Board Member Reveals Kansas Partisan Gerrymandering Plan to Donors ALEC board member, Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle, pitches political donors on the need for a GOP supermajority to stack congressional districts for the next decade, while ALEC trains members on the art of gerrymandering. Read the rest of this item here. ALEC Circulates Sign-On Letter Urging “Swift Confirmation” of Trump’s SCOTUS Pick The American Legislatives Exchange Council is gathering signatures from its legislative members urging U.S. Senators to confirm Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court of the United States Amy Coney Barret “as soon as possible.” Read the rest of this item here. ALEC and GOP Push Corporate Immunity From COVID-19 Workplace Illnesses and Deaths ALEC joins with other business lobbyists and Senate Republicans to back sweeping immunity for corporations that negligently spread coronavirus to their workers or customers. Read the rest of this item here. ALEC 2020 Annual Meeting Attendees and Sponsors Revealed The American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) annual meeting continues this week online with workshops on rewriting the U.S. Constitution, reopening schools amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, and school privatization. Read the rest of this item here. ALEC Exploits Pandemic to Push Right-Wing Policy Goals at Annual Meeting The American Legislative Exchange Council holds its Annual Meeting virtually over the next two weeks after its original location, Florida, became the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. Read the rest of this item here. American Legislative Exchange Council Backs Trump on Confederate Monuments, Policing The corporate lobby group has reentered the culture wars by siding with Trump on race issues eight years after retreating because of public backlash against its “Stand Your Ground” and voter ID bills. Read the rest of this item here. ALEC Holds Tutorial with Republican’s “Chief Authority on Redistricting” Amidst Pandemic ALEC which claims to be a "nonpartisan" charitable group, connects Republican legislators with Fair Lines America, the GOP's leading group for opposing voter-enacted redistricting reforms and crafting the party's 2020 redistricting strategy. Read the rest of this item here.