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المقال

11 مارس 2021

الكاتب:
Judd Legum, Popular Information

Corporate accountability campaign in Georgia gains momentum

[A] coalition of civil rights groups — including the Georgia NAACP, the New Georgia Project, and Black Voters Matter... placed advertisements in Georgia newspapers and projected the names of the corporate donors [ backing the legislators sponsoring two bills to dramatically restrict voting in Georgia] on the façade of a hotel across the street from the site of the NBA All-Star Game... The campaign, which is targeting Coca-Cola, Delta, UPS, Home Depot, and others, is starting to pick up steam. On Tuesday night, Stacey Abrams talked about the importance of corporations publicly opposing voter suppression legislation in Georgia and around the country:

... "[T]here should be no silence from the business community when anyone in power is trying to strip away the right to vote from the people… There should be not a single business owner in America who is allowed to be silent about the theft of the right to vote from any American, because that means you are standing with an ethos that was a near coup attempt in the United States."

... While many corporations have issued vague statements in support of voting rights, they have remained conspicuously quiet about specific proposals to restrict voting that are moving through the legislature... [F]ollowing the passage of a bill by the Georgia Senate that would end no-excuse absentee voting for anyone under 65, the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce issued a statement in opposition: "We continue to advocate for balanced legislation that makes voting more accessible and more secure. Repealing no-excuse absentee voting does little to make the process more secure, and does so at great risk to participation."

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