Roll Call: “Americans for Prosperity is busing hundreds of out-of-state conservative activists to the country’s most contested political battlegrounds….Delivering partisans to competitive states in the final weeks of a campaign is hardly a unique strategy, but the extent of AFP’s plan — paired with its other election activities — highlights the new role social welfare nonprofits have adopted during this election cycleAFP, a 501(c)(4) tax-exempt organization, has been criticized for abusing its tax status with hard-hitting advertisements, robocalls, direct mail and door knocking operations that seem more like campaign activities than social welfare work…”“[They say] what they have to say to protect the c4 status,’ said Frances Hill, who studies income tax, constitutional and election law at the University of Miami. ‘They are trying to avoid being characterized as a political committee, which has to comply with FEC reporting requirements.'”