http://www.freetalklive.com/taxonomy/term/22783/0 en http://www.freetalklive.com/content/many_state_voter_id_laws_appear_have_same_tie_alec <p>"more than half of the 62 (VOTER ID) bills were sponsored by members or conference attendees of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)...Pennsylvania’s law, which is counted among that group, was sponsored by Republican State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, an ALEC member...“We knew the Indiana law was upheld by the Supreme Court,” he (METCALFE) said. “I’m not sure how much ALEC influenced Indiana law.” ALEC has nearly 2,000 state legislator members who pay $100 in dues every two years.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freetalklive.com/content/many_state_voter_id_laws_appear_have_same_tie_alec" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/many_state_voter_id_laws_appear_have_same_tie_alec#comments ALEC corporate law enforcement Corruption News Article Voter ID Laws Sat, 20 Oct 2012 18:47:34 +0000 Erin Jane 24023 at http://www.freetalklive.com http://www.freetalklive.com/content/alec_corporations_funding_legislation_and_intellectual_property <p>I have been reading up on the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a legislation powerhouse responsible for laws such as the Voter ID legislation that we are dealing with here in PA. They claim to be proponents of the free market, federalism, and limited government, but this whole group is just really creeping me out. Seems to support of transition of power, rather than a lessening of regulation. And then I saw this article supporting intellectual property rights.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freetalklive.com/content/alec_corporations_funding_legislation_and_intellectual_property" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/alec_corporations_funding_legislation_and_intellectual_property#comments ALEC Corporate power Intellectual Property News Article