The fight against the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) continues. Under fire in recent months for its connection to Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law, the group has lost 30 corporate and foundation sponsors in recent months. Today, Color of Change announced that five new companies had ended their relationship with ALEC.
ColorOfChange.org announced today that it has received word from five new companies that say they will no longer fund the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC): John Deere, CVS Caremark, MillerCoors, HP, and Best Buy."We want to thank these companies for making the right decision, and we continue to call on all major corporations to stop funding ALEC given its involvement in voter suppression and its work pushing policies designed to benefit rich and powerful corporations at the expense of people of color, workers, and the environment," said Rashad Robinson, Executive Director of ColorOfChange.org.
Color of Change is currently
focusing their campaign on asking State Farm and AT&T, both long time ALEC members, to cut their ties to the organization. The Center for Media and Democracy has posted a list of corporations
that have cut ties with or
remain members of ALEC on their website. An additional list of
legislators with ALEC ties are available on the website. All lists are constantly being updated as new information becomes available.