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Then-Democratic nominee for governor Stacey Abrams meets with voters in Metter, Ga., Nov. 5. 2018.
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The Georgia debacle is a perfect example of the rolling collective action problem of our democracy. A collective action problem, simply put, is when there is a goal that would benefit everyone in this case, confidence in our machinery of democracy but the incentive structure for the individual players makes it impossible to cooperate to reach the goal.
The Georgia electoral mess goes back to the 2018 Georgia governor’s race and every faction in that state has made it worse over the last three years.
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Corporations gave over $50M to voting restriction backers
BRIAN SLODYSKO, Associated Press
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FILE - In this July 18, 2019, file photo, a sign is displayed at an AT&T retail store in Miami. Corporations have given more than $50 million in recent years to state lawmakers who have seized on Donald Trump’s lies about a stolen 2020 election to push for new restrictions on the right to vote. That s according to a new report by the government watchdog nonprofit Public Citizen. Telecom-giant AT&T was the most prolific giver, donating over $800,000 since 2015 to authors of proposed restrictions, co-sponsors of such measures, or those who voted in favor of the bills, a new report by the Washington-based non-profit Public Citizen found.Lynne Sladky/AP
WASHINGTON (AP) When executives from Coca-Cola and Delta Air Lines spoke out against Georgia s new voting law as unduly restrictive last week, it seemed to
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AT&T, Comcast, Philip Morris, Walmart, Verizon, GM and Pfizer were among the most prolific.
BRIAN SLODYSKO
WASHINGTON (AP) When executives from Coca-Cola and Delta Airlines spoke out against Georgia’s new voting law as unduly restrictive last week, it seemed to signal a new activism springing from corporate America.
But if leaders of the nation’s most prominent companies are going to reject lawmakers who support restrictive voting measures, they will have to abruptly reverse course.
State legislators across the country who have pushed for new voting restrictions, and also seized on former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud, have reaped more than $50 million in corporate donations in recent years, according to a new report by Public Citizen, a Washington-based government watchdog group.