Isn't True The Vote the group that you posted about recently, where they exposed large, very large fraudulent voting irregularities in Houston/Harris County, predominately in Sheila Jackson Lee's district?
If I am correct, Kudos to True The Vote!
On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Bruce Majors <majors.bruce@gmail.com> wrote:
Actually the Task Force was just taken over by two other groups, True The Vote and the National Center for Public Policy.
Not good with facts are you Tam tam?> ------------------------------------
On Tuesday, April 17, 2012, Tommy News <tommysnews@gmail.com> wrote:
> ALEC Scraps Controversial Task Force, Now It's Time to Undo the Damage
> Brentin Mock on April 17, 2012 - 1:38 PM ET
>
> No longer able to defend themselves on Voter ID and "Kill at Will"
> legislation they helped popularize—as much as they tried—the American
> Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is finally dropping both from
> their agenda, announcing today that they will focus on free market,
> anti-regulation policies. In a statement from Indiana state Rep. David
> Frizzell, also ALEC's national chairman:
>
> "Today we are redoubling our efforts on the economic front, a priority
> that has been the hallmark of our organization for decades. Fostering
> the exchange of pro-growth, solutions-oriented ideas is precisely why
> ALEC exists.
> "To that end, our legislative board last week unanimously agreed to
> further our work on policies that will help spur innovation and
> competitiveness across the country.
> "We are refocusing our commitment to free-market, limited government
> and pro-growth principles, and have made changes internally to reflect
> this renewed focus.
>
> "We are eliminating the ALEC Public Safety and Elections task force
> that dealt with non-economic issues, and reinvesting these resources
> in the task forces that focus on the economy. The remaining budgetary
> and economic issues will be reassigned.
>
> "While we recognize there are other critical, non-economic issues that
> are vitally important to millions of Americans, we believe we must
> concentrate on initiatives that spur competitiveness and innovation
> and put more Americans back to work.
>
> "Our free-market, limited government, pro-growth policies are the
> reason ALEC enjoys the support of legislators on both sides of the
> aisle and in all 50 states. ALEC members are interested in solutions
> that put the American economy back on track. This is our mission, and
> it is what distinguishes us."
>
> Check for a full explainer from John Nichols, but a few things here: I
> wrote earlier this month about corporations pulling out of
> ALEC—unofficially in response to the Voter ID and Kill at Will
> ("Castle Doctrine" or "Stand Your Ground") laws that respectively
> place barriers to voting rights and led to the death of Trayvon Martin
> and many others. At the time it was just Kraft, Pepsi and Coke, but
> since then at least eight other companies involved with ALEC have
> dropped out. Not all of the companies cited Voter ID or Kill at Will
> as reasons for their ALEC divorce, but whatever. The fact that ALEC is
> dropping the killer agendas altogether is an ending I think we can all
> live with.
>
> ALEC didn't go down without a fight. They were defensive until this
> moment, and just a week ago they called the efforts to have companies
> part ways with them an "intimidation campaign." ALEC executive
> director Ron Scheberle said:
>
> "ALEC is an organization that supports pro-growth, pro-jobs policies
> and the vigorous exchange of ideas between the public and private
> sector to develop state based solutions. Today, we find ourselves the
> focus of a well-funded, expertly coordinated intimidation campaign.
>
> At a time when job creation, real solutions and improved dialogue
> among political leaders is needed most, ALEC's mission has never been
> more important. This is why we are redoubling our commitment to these
> essential priorities. We are not and will not be defined by
> ideological special interests who would like to eliminate discourse
> that leads to economic vitality, jobs and fiscal stability for the
> states."
>
> This was, of course, a cop-out. They seem to be confused about their
> identity, thinking their role in spreading restrictive voter and loose
> hand cannon laws don't qualify as "ideological special interests."
> They must think that only groups like the NAACP and Color of Change,
> who were at the forefront of getting the divorce papers signed by ALEC
> member corporations, are special interests because they deal with
> race. But because ALEC chose to ignore the racial implications of the
> legislation they were hustling doesn't mean they don't have
> ideological slants, or that they're not a special interest group. And
> as I pointed out before, their claim that their real focus is on
> "economic vitality" is tantamount to Citizen's Councils saying that
> their real mission is to improve neighborhood real estate values.
>
> If it's just about economic decisions then why did ALEC take a gun law
> crafted in Florida to model and peddle to other states? While ALEC's
> announcement today is a welcome victory, the bitter part of it is that
> a lot of damage has already been done. Over half the states in the
> nation have "Stand Your Ground" laws or some version of it; every
> state in the nation except Illinois has a law that allows gun owners
> to carry concealed weapons outside their homes. And as Jill Lepore
> reported in The New Yorker this week, there are now as many guns as
> there are people in the United States. ALEC is also culpable in the
> nine states that passed strict photo voter laws, and most of the 21
> other states that have other versions of voter ID legislation.
>
> The "Public Safety and Elections" task force may be scrapped, but the
> integrity of that decision would be enhanced if they convinced the
> state legislators they have such tremendous influence over to reverse
> course on these deadly laws they helped pass.
>
> Lisa Graves, executive director of The Center for Media and Democracy,
> which also played a central role in pushing corporations to part ways
> with ALEC, echoes the same:
>
> "ALEC's announcement is a partial victory for the power of grassroots
> citizen action, but for Americans concerned about brand-name
> corporations underwriting ALEC's extreme agenda to make it more
> difficult for American citizens to vote and to protect armed
> vigilantes, ALEC's PR maneuver to try to distance itself from its
> record of extremism is an empty gesture unless it and the corporations
> that have bankrolled its operations work to repeal ALEC-backed laws
> that have advanced the NRA's agenda and that will impede citizens from
> voting in the coming elections."
>
>
>
> And from Color of Change:
>
> "ALEC has spent years promoting voter suppression laws, Kill at Will
> bills, and other policies that hurt Black and other marginalized
> communities. They have have done this with the support of some of
> America's biggest corporations, including AT&T, Johnson & Johnson and
> State Farm.
>
> ALEC's latest statement is nothing more than a PR stunt aimed at
> diverting attention from its agenda, which has done serious damage to
> our communities. To simply say they are stopping non-economic work
> does not provide justice to the millions of Americas whose lives are
> impacted by these dangerous and discriminatory laws courtesy of ALEC
> and its corporate backers. It's clear that major corporations were in
> bed with an institution that has worked against basic American values
> such as the right to vote. Now that these companies are aware of what
> they've supported, what will they do about it? If ALEC's corporate
> supporters will not hold the institution accountable for the damage it
> has caused nationwide, then the ColorOfChange community will hold them
> accountable."
>
>
>
> --
> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> Have a great day,
> Tommy
>
>
>
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> Have a great day,
> Tommy
>
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