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Patagonia Praised For Donating To Fight The New Georgia Voting Laws
04/07/21 AT 1:35 PM
Clothing company Patagonia on Wednesday said it would join a Georgia boycott over the state s voting laws and has donated $1 million towards the Black Voters Matter Fund and the New Georgia Project to combat voter suppression.
On March 25, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed sweeping election bills that make it more difficult for Georgians to vote, particularly Black voters. The state has faced harsh criticism and companies like Coca-Cola and Delta Air Lines have opposed the legislation.
Patagonia, which was founded in 1973 and is based in Southern California, released a statement announcing its donation, but also explained what business leaders and large companies can do to help fight these laws.
On March 25, Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia signed a new, restrictive voting-access law that limits early and absentee voting and ballot drop-box locations; piles on rigid voter ID requirements; and gives people in power the ability to challenge election results they don’t like, Patagonia CEO Ryan Gellert said in a statement. Governor Kemp claims the new law will shore up faith in the election system, but in reality, it will only make it harder for Georgians of all racial, socioeconomic and political stripes especially Black voters to elect their representatives.
In response, Patagonia is donating $1 million, split evenly between Black Voters Matter Fund and The New Georgia Project, to help the organizations challenging the new law and working to register voters. In addition, Patagonia is asking businesses to send letters to the senators in states where they do business, calling on them to pass the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, and to com
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Outdoor clothing company Patagonia is pledging $1 million (£945,000) towards fighting efforts to restrict voting rights in Georgia.
In a statement, the company said the restrictive voting-access law signed by Georgia governor Brian Kemp last week was undemocratic, and that it would fight future efforts to restrict turnout in the state.
It follows the company’s recent criticism of the passing of the bill, and support for workers to take time to vote in the 2020 election, as part of the Time to Vote initiative.
Patagonia’s CEO, Ryan Gellert, said on Tuesday “that instead of celebrating democracy in action, a group of lawmakers in Georgia and states across America are doing everything in their power to make it harder for their constituents to vote”.
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