Model-Legislation

ALEC Develops New Model Election Bills to Implement Trump's "Big Lie"

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Following Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss and false claims of widespread fraud, ALEC developed new model election legislation to give Trump’s “Big Lie” systematic legislative form across states. The organization partnered with Heritage Action and the State Policy Network to …

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34 States Introduce ALEC Voter ID Bills in Coordinated Suppression Campaign

| Importance: 9/10

Following the 2010 Republican wave that gave the GOP control of both legislative chambers in twenty-six states, at least 34 states introduced nearly identical voter ID bills in the 2011 legislative session. The bills used ALEC’s 2009 model “Voter ID Act” template language, …

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ALEC Distributes Climate Denial Model Legislation to Kill Regional Climate Pacts

| Importance: 8/10

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) distributed model bills in 2010 designed to kill regional climate pacts like the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) in New England and the mid-Atlantic, marking a strategic shift from federal to state-level climate denial efforts. ALEC activist …

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ALEC Creates Model Voter ID Legislation Following Obama Election

| Importance: 9/10

ALEC’s Public Safety and Elections Task Force approved the “Voter ID Act” model legislation at its July 2009 Atlanta meeting, with final Board of Directors approval on August 27, 2009. The model bill was created in direct response to Barack Obama’s 2008 election victory and …

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