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Its policy recommendations often become law in the states.
The Election Integrity web connection, led byCleta Mitchell, helped draft and promote the model legislation.
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The full list of members of ALECs Federalism and International Relations task force is not publicly available.
The model bills will next go to ALECs board of directors for final adoption.
Notably,the pharmaceutical industry relies heavily on immigrant laborfor its U.S. workforce.
It is a manufactured threat: There is noevidenceof noncitizens voting in significant numbers.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)
Those baseless conspiracy theories were on full display at the ALEC meeting.
The Election Transparency Initiative is also a partner of the Honest Elections Project, a group helmed by Leo.
So why not violate our voting laws as well?
Chmielenski also sought to use conspiracy theories about noncitizen voting to advance longstanding and often cruel policy goals.
Like Chmielenski, Cleta Mitchell sought to use noncitizen voting conspiracy theories to advance unrelated policy goals.
The ALEC Only Citizens Vote model policy also has repercussions for American citizens.
