A consortium of chief executives and other leaders of major U.S. corporations held an hour-long Zoom call Saturday to discuss ways to push for greater voting access amid new restrictions enacted or pending in Georgia, Texas and other states.
First-of-its-kind meeting draws more than 100 corporate leaders to discuss state voting laws (Source: Adam Mintzer) By Ed O Keefe | CBS News | April 11, 2021 at 6:46 PM EDT - Updated April 11 at 9:09 PM
(CBS News) - More than 100 of the nationâs top corporate leaders met virtually on Saturday to discuss ways for companies to continue responding to the passage of more restrictive voting laws across the country, a signal that the nationâs premier businesses are preparing a far more robust, organized response to the ongoing debate.
With some CEOs chiming in from Augusta National Golf Course, site of the Masters PGA golf tournament, attendees on the high-level Zoom call included leaders from the health care, media and transportation sectors and some of the nationâs leading law and investment firms.
Leaders of some of America s largest and most influential companies gathered on a Zoom call on Saturday to discuss a united front against new rules regarding voting.
A consortium of chief executive officers and other leaders of major U.S. corporations held an hour-long Zoom call on Saturday to discuss ways to push for greater voting access amid new restrictions enacted or pending in Georgia, Texas and other states.
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More than 100 corporate leaders held a Zoom meeting over the weekend to discuss how they could push back against various voting bills and may release a statement on the matter this week.
During the Saturday meeting, which lasted a little over an hour, former American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault and Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier urged the others in attendance to unite and call for increased voting access and collectively sign a statement challenging new voting legislation they consider discriminatory, according to the
Wall Street Journal.
Last month, dozens of black executives, led by Chenault and Frazier, signed a letter calling on companies to fight voting legislation like the law recently passed in Georgia, arguing that they disproportionately affect black voters. The new declaration, which might come early this week, is an extension of that effort.