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Georgia voting lines were packed as some people waited more than 10 hours. Image: Twitter/@ABCNews
The recent news and uproar after Georgia Republicans voted to toughen voting laws after losing Senate seats to Democrats is still making headlines as major corporations are now speaking out against
The
New York Times and the
Washington Post, there were hundreds of U.S. companies and corporate executives who signed a statement that opposed “any discriminatory legislation.”
WE STAND FOR DEMOCRACY 100s of companies and exec sign this letter opposing “any discriminatory legislation.” Ad appeared in the NYT and @washingtonpost today. w / @andrewrsorkinhttps://t.co/TSPtxjkWhRpic.twitter.com/bAtS8SyseB
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(Reuters) -More than 100 U.S. companies including Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Ford Motor Co and Starbucks Corp have declared their opposition to voting curbs that a number of states are considering implementing.
FILE PHOTO: Voters cast their ballots in Georgia’s Senate runoff elections at a Fulton County polling station in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 5, 2021. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo
Activist groups say the restrictions - outlined in voting rights bills already passed in Georgia and being weighed in, among others, Texas and Arizona - are specifically targeting Black people and other racial minorities.
Here are the high-profile companies that have signed a statement opposing voting restrictions Share Updated: 9:21 AM PDT Apr 14, 2021 Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Share Updated: 9:21 AM PDT Apr 14, 2021
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Show Transcript I mean, it s a shame, right? It s a shame that we have so quickly passed a law that then is now already having these kinds of economic consequences. And at the same time, you know, I do think that it s tough because then they re making decisions that do impact every single one of us who live here, tens and tens of thousands of jobs do get impacted by that decision. But the reality is that economics matter. We are a state that really always touts that we are, you know, the number one state to do business in and and economic development is something that we spend a lot of time and effort doing. And there s good reason to attract companies here to Georgia. But then laws like this are also reasons why businesses