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Karol Cummins
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A prominent conservative group funneled valuable info about Republican voters between the RNC & state lawmakers, a move that violated its nonpartisan status & tax law, according to a whistleblower complaint filed with the IRS.
H/T @leesgirl9
Complaint alleges group funneled data from RNC to lawmakers
Washington (AP) A prominent conservative group funneled valuable information about Republican voters between the Republican National Committee and state lawmakers, a move that violated its nonpar...
apnews.com
7:41 PM · Sep 16, 2021
Karol Cummins
@karolcummins
A prominent conservative group funneled valuable info about Republican voters between the RNC & state lawmakers, a move that violated its nonpartisan status & tax law, according to a whistleblower complaint filed with the IRS.
H/T @leesgirl9
Complaint alleges group funneled data from RNC to lawmakers
Washington (AP) A prominent conservative group funneled valuable information about Republican voters between the Republican National Committee and state lawmakers, a move that violated its nonpar...
apnews.com
7:41 PM · Sep 16, 2021
https://apnews.com/article/business-government-and-politics-e3e9b4fd02e18d895f7844f55eef8aac
Washington (AP) A prominent conservative group funneled valuable information about Republican voters between the Republican National Committee and state lawmakers, a move that violated its nonpartisan status and tax law, according to a whistleblower complaint filed Tuesday with the Internal Revenue Service.
The Center for Media and Democracy, a liberal group, filed the complaint against the American Legislative Exchange Council, which hosts conferences and provides model legislation to state legislators. It alleges that the council provides its 2,000 members, most of them Republican lawmakers, with data from a campaign vendor linked to the Republican National Committee, and that data ALEC members enter in the system goes directly to the RNC. ALEC does not provide similar information about Democratic voters.
As a nonpartisan nonprofit, ALEC cannot help candidates win elections. If the IRS finds the organization broke that pledge it could revoke its nonprofit status, which would be a financial blow to an organization that has served as the policy bedrock to the conservative swing in many states, providing blueprints for laws on energy, guns, education and more.
ALEC could face additional legal jeopardy from complaints making similar allegations that the Center for Media and Democracy, in conjunction with the watchdog group Common Cause, says it is also filing with 15 Attorney General offices.
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Complaint alleges group (ALEC) funneled data from RNC to lawmakers (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Sep 2021
OP
This is the first time I have ever seen or heard ALEC used in the same sentence
GoodRaisin
Sep 2021
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SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)1. K&R!
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)2. If ALEC went the way of ACORN
That'd be a damn shame.
GoodRaisin
(8,885 posts)3. This is the first time I have ever seen or heard ALEC used in the same sentence
as non-partisan.
Budi
(15,325 posts)4. My thoughts exactly! I stopped at that sentence & had to re-read it!
ALEC? NONPARTISAN?
So why'd they only send the data to Republicans?
That sentence should have been deleted in proofing.
ALEC is strictly RW, & everybody knows it.
GoodRaisin
(8,885 posts)5. I know. It's most prominently shown up alongside "Koch". nt
summer_in_TX
(2,680 posts)6. That data is almost certain to be used in redistricting in red states.
The League of Women Voters and other groups are looking for information on the sources of data Republican lawmakers are using in their map-making.
Pushing for public input, transparency, and following the law.
I'm in Texas so it's an uphill battle since we are governed by the craven, the cruel, and the corrupt (as Matthew Dowd calls them). Abbott, Patrick, and Paxton.
littlemissmartypants
(22,417 posts)7. I would love to hear that ALEC had met with total destruction. nt