WHAT ARE SOME ALEC MODEL LEGISLATION?. Through the corporate-funded ALEC, global corporations and state politicians are voting behind closed doors to.

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WHAT ARE SOME ALEC MODEL LEGISLATION?

Through the corporate-funded ALEC, global corporations and state politicians are voting behind closed doors to try to rewrite state laws by creating Model Bills that will directly benefit their bottom line.

How many ALEC Model Bills are there? There are over 850 Model ALEC Bills 850 Model ALEC Bills.

ALEC’s Model Bills Worker and Consumer Rights Tort Reform and Injured Americans Privatizing Schools and Higher Education Health, Pharmaceuticals, and Social Welfare Environment, Energy, and Agriculture Democracy, Voting, and Federal Relations Tax and Budget Guns, Prisons, Crime and Immigration

Model Bills on Workers Rights There are over 90 Model ALEC Bills Right To Work Paycheck Protection At-Will Employment

Model Bills on the Rights of Injured Americans There are over 60 Model ALEC Bills Assumption of Risk Comparative Fault Act Expert Witness Standards Act

Model Bills on American’s Right to a Public Education There are over 70 Model ALEC Bills Virtual Public Schools Next Generation Charter Schools Act Parent Trigger

Model Bills on Civil Rights and Our Democracy There are over 30 Model ALEC Bills Voter ID Laws Resolution on Military Voting Rights Resolution to Reform the Ballot Process

UNITED STATES OF ALEC