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ALEC Claims Credit for Voter Suppression and Anti-Critical Race Theory Laws at Secret Meeting
https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2021/09/07/alec-claims-credit-for-voter-suppression-and-anti-critical-race-theory-laws-at-secret-meeting/. . .
Confirmed: ALEC Leads on Voter Suppression in the States
Despite repeated claims this year that ALEC does not work on elections or voting, Nelson confirmed on video that it most certainly does, CMD reported.
When asked what ALEC was doing on election issues, Nelson replied that, “We’re holding a two-day seminar at our meeting in July on what policies need to and should be developed so that states can address that.”
“We’ve been targeting our efforts on those states that have had issues: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Florida to a certain degree,” Nelson said. “And it’s not like we aren’t working in the other states. Idaho passed election reform. I know other states have been looking at tightening up. Everything that they’re doing is with what Bridgett Wagner said, ‘making it easier to vote, and harder to cheat.’ So, we’ll be continuing to work on that.”
In April, CMD found more than 100 Republican politicians connected to ALEC in just six battleground states who were lead sponsors or cosponsors of voter suppression bills.
Florida Rep. Perez touted Florida’s legislation in “Can the States Save America?” saying, “We have the best election process in the state of Florida.” Specifically, Perez highlighted the work they did to combat “absentee ballot fraud” to ensure there is “no more room for that.” Florida enacted new restrictions on voting by mail and ballot drop boxes in May, despite no evidence of fraud in the 2020 elections.
ALEC Role in the Insurrection
Nelson also boasted about ALEC’s role in the January attempt by insurrectionist members of Congress to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Touting the fact that ALEC has 65 alumni serving in the U.S. House and 13 in the U.S Senate, Nelson said, “It won’t surprise you that many of those were the ones standing strong after the election as we focused on election integrity, the Electoral College, and everything else.”
CMD has previously reported on ALEC’s extensive ties to the insurrection and Trump’s Big Lie.
Confirmed: ALEC Leads on Voter Suppression in the States
Despite repeated claims this year that ALEC does not work on elections or voting, Nelson confirmed on video that it most certainly does, CMD reported.
When asked what ALEC was doing on election issues, Nelson replied that, “We’re holding a two-day seminar at our meeting in July on what policies need to and should be developed so that states can address that.”
“We’ve been targeting our efforts on those states that have had issues: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Florida to a certain degree,” Nelson said. “And it’s not like we aren’t working in the other states. Idaho passed election reform. I know other states have been looking at tightening up. Everything that they’re doing is with what Bridgett Wagner said, ‘making it easier to vote, and harder to cheat.’ So, we’ll be continuing to work on that.”
In April, CMD found more than 100 Republican politicians connected to ALEC in just six battleground states who were lead sponsors or cosponsors of voter suppression bills.
Florida Rep. Perez touted Florida’s legislation in “Can the States Save America?” saying, “We have the best election process in the state of Florida.” Specifically, Perez highlighted the work they did to combat “absentee ballot fraud” to ensure there is “no more room for that.” Florida enacted new restrictions on voting by mail and ballot drop boxes in May, despite no evidence of fraud in the 2020 elections.
ALEC Role in the Insurrection
Nelson also boasted about ALEC’s role in the January attempt by insurrectionist members of Congress to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Touting the fact that ALEC has 65 alumni serving in the U.S. House and 13 in the U.S Senate, Nelson said, “It won’t surprise you that many of those were the ones standing strong after the election as we focused on election integrity, the Electoral College, and everything else.”
CMD has previously reported on ALEC’s extensive ties to the insurrection and Trump’s Big Lie.
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