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Corporate leaders discuss their next move in the debate over restrictive voting laws. Ken Frazier, the Merck chief executive, has called on corporate executives to publicly state their support for broader ballot access.Credit...Mike Cohen for The New York Times April 12, 2021, 8:37 a.m. ET More than 100 corporate leaders attended a Zoom meeting on Saturday afternoon to discuss what they should do, if anything, to shape the debate around restrictive voting laws under discussion across the United States. On the call, which was organized by Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a Yale professor who regularly gath...

April 12, 2021 2:41 p.m. Actor Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua announced on Monday that their upcoming film production “Emancipation” will no longer take place in Georgia in response to the state’s restrictive voting law. Produced and financed by Apple Studios, Smith and Fuqua’s slavery-era drama is the first major production to directly point to the new Georgia law in their decision to relocate its production out of the state. “At this moment in time, the nation is coming to terms with its history and is attempting to eliminate vestiges of institutional r...

Font Size On Monday, MSNBC repeatedly invited Yale University professor and Democratic Party donor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld on to promote an effort by him and fellow partisan activists to pressure corporate CEOs into blocking election reform legislation advanced by Republicans across the country. Hosts on the DNC propaganda channel were thrilled that the company heads were so easily manipulated into doing the left’s bidding. “More than a hundred corporate CEOs, attorneys, and experts came together this weekend to discuss next steps in fighting bills that restrict voting,” Mornin...

Minnesota companies weigh in among those supporting voting rights Moves come after states passed or introduced laws restricting ballot access.  By Jim Spencer, Patrick Kennedy and Kavita Kumar, Star Tribune staff writers April 11, 2021 — 2:00pm Text size Copy shortlink: Several of Minnesota's biggest companies are taking strong stands in favor of voting rights as the state and country wrestle with the issue of new laws adding requirements for residents to vote. They are joining corporations across the country speaking out — mos...

Corporate leaders, GOP battle over election laws Demonstators at the Georgia State Capitol (Reuters) What happened Republicans found themselves in a showdown this week with Coca-Cola, Major League Baseball, and other corporations who’ve taken a stand against Georgia’s controversial new voting law, with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell accusing them of caving to “far-left mobs” and warning them to “stay out of politics.” Major League Baseball sent shock waves through Georgia last week when it pulled the All-Star Game from Atlanta to protest the sweeping new ...