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Corporations gave over $50 million to backers of voting restrictions
More than 60 companies have given at least $100,000 to lawmakers who supported the restrictions.
By BRIAN SLODYSKOAssociated Press
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Telecom-giant AT&T responded to the new report by Public Citizen, a Washington-based government watchdog group, saying “the right to vote is sacred” but declined to say whether the company would withhold donations to state lawmakers as they did for members of Congress who objected to President Biden s win. Lynne Sladky/Associated Press file
WASHINGTON 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 signal a new activism springing from corporate America.
Corporations gave over $50M to voting restriction backers
Apr. 06, 2021 at 6:00 am
BRIAN SLODYSKO, Associated Press
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 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.
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TAKING IT FROM THE TOP U.S. companies are under intense pressure to diversify their executive ranks. Shareholders this year have filed a record number of demands for racial equity audits and more transparency around hiring and promotions.
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