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 Email to a Friend 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.