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WASHINGTON (AP) When executives from Coca-Cola and Delta Air Lines spoke out against Georgia s new voting law as unduly restrictive last week, it seemed to
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
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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.
When executives from Coca-Cola and Delta Air Lines spoke out against Georgia’s new voting law as unduly restrictive last week, it seemed to signal a new activism springing from corporate America.
But if leaders of the nation’s most prominent companies are going to reject lawmakers who support restrictive voting measures, they will have to abruptly reverse course.
State legislators across the country who have pushed for new voting restrictions, and also seized on former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud, have reaped more than $50 million in corporate donations in recent years, according to a new report by Public Citizen, a Washington-based government watchdog group.
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