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Merck s Kenneth Frazier is again leading the charge on corporate action on a charged subject. (Photo credit: Getty Images)
Hundreds of companies, brands and corporate CEOs signed a statement that was published in a two-page advertisement in The New York Times and The Washington Post on Wednesday protesting any discriminatory legislation that would make it harder for people to vote.
The broad coalition was an impressive lineup of over 100 of the biggest and most iconic companies in the world, including tech behemoths Google, Facebook, Twitter, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon; brand icons Starbucks, Levi Strauss, General Motors and Under Armour; Bank of America and Wells Fargo; consulting giants McKinsey, Deloitte, EY, BCG, PwC and Accenture; and the world s largest asset manager BlackRock.
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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.
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. We all should feel a responsibility to defend the right to vote and oppose any discriminatory legislation or measures that restrict or prevent any eligible voter from having an equal and fair opportunity to cast a ballot, the companies said in a letter published as a two-page advertisement nyti.ms/3e0fvnL in Wednesday s New York Times.
More than 100 companies sign letter opposing US state voting restrictions
Voters cast their ballots in Georgia’s Senate runoff elections at a Fulton County polling station in Atlanta, Georgia, US January 5, 2021. REUTERS filr photo Reuters Reuters
More than 100 US 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.
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.