Corporations gave more than $50 million to backers of voting restriction, report finds
By BRIAN SLODYSKO The Associated Press,Updated April 5, 2021, 1 hour ago
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Corporations have given more than $50 million in recent years to state lawmakers who have seized on Donald Trumpâs lies about a stolen 2020 election to push for new restrictions on the right to vote, according to a new report by the government watchdog nonprofit Public Citizen. Telecom giant AT&T was the most prolific giver.Lynne Sladky/Associated Press
WASHINGTON â When executives from Coca-Cola and Delta Air Lines spoke out against Georgiaâs new voting law as unduly restrictive last week, it seemed to signal a new activism springing from corporate America.
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A Republican congresswoman has called out Major League Baseball for moving an All-Star game out of Georgia over its controversial new voter-ID law - while still requiring fans to show photo identification cards to pick up tickets.
South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace suggested the league s ticket policy was hypocritical given its opposition to the law, which will require voters to provide a state ID number on their absentee ballot. Hey @MLB, this you? Rep. Mace wrote, along with a screenshot of the Will Call policy at mlb.com.
The official policy states: Group and hospitality tickets left at Will Call will be held under one person s name, and that person will need a picture ID to pick up their tickets.