Rights groups urge companies to fight Georgia voting curbs
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Rights groups urge companies to fight Georgia voting curbs
Voting rights groups are calling on companies such as Coca-Cola Co and Delta Air Lines Inc to oppose efforts by Republican lawmakers in Georgia to enact sweeping new restrictions on voting access in the battleground state.
Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff speaks to Amanpour about the need for Congress to act in the wake of voter restriction laws in his home state of Georgia.
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Director/producer Antoine Fuqua and and actor/producer Will Smith have opted to move production of their forthcoming film âEmancipationâ from the Georgia because of its newly restrictive voting legislation. Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff reacts.
CNNâs John Avlon breaks down Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnellâs call for corporations to stay out of politics, after companies such as Delta and Coke vocalized objections to Georgiaâs new voting law.
[NFA] Apple Inc Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook on Thursday was the latest corporate leader to speak out against the state of Georgia's new voting restrictions, which many critics say targets Black people and other racial minorities. This report produced by Jillian Kitchener.
High-profile Georgia-based companies, including Coca-Cola and Delta Air Lines, have criticized Georgiaâs restrictive new voting laws, which include a ban on giving water to waiting voters.
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Amazon, Google, Starbucks Among
Companies Opposing Voting Restrictions.
Hundreds of executives from high-profile companies have signed a "nonpartisan" statement condemning discriminatory voting..
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The new Georgia voting rights law makes it harder to vote, especially for communities that tend to vote for Democrats â and that's what Republicans want. But it's not just Georgia: these restrictive..
On Monday, actor Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua announced their movie "Emancipation," will no longer be filmed in Georgia due to the new voting law that was passed in late March by Governor..
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