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Microsoft will suspend its PAC contributions through the 2022 election cycle to members of Congress who voted to object the certification of electors.
The company is creating a Democracy Forward Initiative that focuses on promoting public transparency, campaign finance reform, and voting rights.
Microsoft will rename its PAC to the Microsoft Corporation Stakeholders Voluntary PAC (MSVPAC).
Microsoft announced several changes to how it will handle political contributions going forward that go through its PAC. The PAC has a new name and will not make contributions for any members of Congress who voted to object the certification of electors (through the 2022 election cycle). Microsoft will also create what it calls the Democracy Forward Initiative to give its employees another option for donations.
Microsoft: PAC won’t donate in 2022 cycle to politicians who sought to overturn election
February 5, 2021 at 11:03 am
Microsoft President Brad Smith. (GeekWire File Photo)
Microsoft says its Political Action Committee (PAC) will suspend contributions for the 2022 election cycle to all members of Congress who voted against certifying results of the U.S. presidential election, and to all “state officials and organizations who supported such objections or suggested the election should be overturned.”
The company says it will also create a new initiative called Democracy Forward to allow employees, shareholders and others who would otherwise contribute to the PAC to instead put their money toward groups that work in the interest of preserving democracy. Microsoft also pledged to work with other businesses in the interest of strengthening democracy.
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