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ALEC Claims Credit for Voter Suppression and Anti-Critical Race Theory Laws at Secret Meeting ALEC boasted about its role in promoting and passing laws making it harder to vote, barring schools from teaching about America’s racist past, and protecting employers from COVID-related lawsuits at a May meeting of the right-wing Council for National Policy. Read the rest of this item here. ALEC Lied About Its Work on Election Suppression Bills ALEC claims that it “doesn’t work on voting issues,” but its CEO told a very different story to her right-wing audience at a Council for National Policy meeting in May. Read the rest of this item here. Bradley Foundation Bankrolls Controversial ALEC Voter Software The right-wing Bradley Foundation has earmarked at least $1.7M for ALEC’s distribution of sophisticated voter management software deeply tied to the Republican Party since 2017, the subject of an IRS whistleblower complaint and multiple state campaign finance complaints. Read the rest of this item here. ALEC’s Annual Meeting Queues Up Fights Over Federal Powers, Fossil Fuels, Big Tech, Labor Rights, and the GOP’s Culture Wars The American Legislative Exchange Council is holding its first post-Trump in-person meeting this week in Salt Lake City, Utah at the five-star Grand America Hotel. Read the rest of this item here. At Least 100 ALEC Lawmakers Signed Letter Opposing Worker Protections in PRO Act ALEC Action organized a letter signed by 100 lawmakers to members of Congress urging them to oppose the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act). Read the rest of this item here. ALEC Inspires Lawmakers to File Anti-Critical Race Theory Bills Known for pushing bills that protect corporate interests, ALEC jumps back into culture wars to oppose teaching of systemic racism in schools. Read the rest of this item here.