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Amazon, Google, GM, Starbucks and hundreds of companies join to oppose voting restrictions CNN 54 mins ago By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business © Megan Varner/Getty Images ATLANTA, GA - MARCH 03: Demonstrators stand outside of the Georgia Capitol building, to oppose the HB 531 bill on March 3, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. HB 531 will add controversial voting restrictions to the state's upcoming elections including restricting ballot drop boxes, requiring an ID requirement for absentee voting and limiting weekend early voting days. The Georgia House passed the bill and will send ...

2281 Georgia voting lines were packed as some people waited more than 10 hours. Image: Twitter/@ABCNews The recent news and uproar after Georgia Republicans voted to toughen voting laws after losing Senate seats to Democrats is still making headlines as major corporations are now speaking out against The New York Times and the Washington Post, there were hundreds of U.S. companies and corporate executives who signed a statement that opposed “any discriminatory legislation.” WE STAND FOR DEMOCRACY — 100s of companies and exec sign this letter opposing “any discriminatory legislation....

By Reuters Staff 3 Min Read (Reuters) -More than 100 U.S. companies including Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Ford Motor Co and Starbucks Corp have declared their opposition to voting curbs that a number of states are considering implementing. FILE PHOTO: Voters cast their ballots in Georgia’s Senate runoff elections at a Fulton County polling station in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 5, 2021. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo Activist groups say the restrictions - outlined in voting rights bills already passed in Georgia and being weighed in, among others, Texas and Arizona - are specificall...

Here are the high-profile companies that have signed a statement opposing voting restrictions Share Updated: 9:21 AM PDT Apr 14, 2021 Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Share Updated: 9:21 AM PDT Apr 14, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript I mean, it's a shame, right? It's a shame that we have so quickly passed a law that then is now already having these kinds of economic consequences. And at the same time, you know, I do think that it's tough because then they're making decisions that do impact every single one of us who live here, tens and tens of thousands o...

Activist groups say the restrictions – outlined in voting rights bills already passed in Georgia and being weighed in, among others, Texas and Arizona – are specifically targeting Black people and other racial minorities. “We all should feel a responsibility to defend the right to vote and oppose any discriminatory legislation or measures that restrict or prevent any eligible voter from having an equal and fair opportunity to cast a ballot,” the companies said in a letter published as a two-page advertisement https://nyti.ms/3e0fvnL in Wednesday’s New York Times. The statement was t...