IMPORTANT NEWS FOR WOMEN From Marsie Welch A competitor to ALEC! "[O]ver the past few months a variety of progressives active in state and local politics have come together, with unusual good feeling and focus, to jointly map their assets and develop the coordination routines needed for such infrastructure. A project I’ve helped start is part of this fledgling effort. Called ALICE (American Legislative and Issue Campaign Exchange), it aims to provide a one-stop, web-based, public library of progressive model law on a wide variety of issues in state and local policy. ALICE won’t be hosting state legislators at all-expenses-paid retreats anytime soon, and as a 501(c)(3), we won’t be involved in any campaigns, but we do think we can match or exceed ALEC’s model bill service. We’ll be providing model bills for local legislators as well as state ones, and models for executive-originating law (regulation and executive orders) and direct citizen-lawmaking (through ballot initiatives or referenda) as well as legislation. And along with model law language, we plan on providing commentary, policy options, and written supports in argument for it (documentation of its positive effects, public support, talking points, etc.)."
Posted on: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 16:26:31 +0000
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