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Thu Apr 1, 2021, 01:53 PM Apr 2021

Georgia Faces Growing Backlash Over Voter Law

https://www.newser.com/story/304407/georgia-faces-growing-backlash-over-voter-law.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=uol&utm_campaign=rss_top

The leaders of Coca Cola and Delta Air Lines, two of Georgia's largest corporations, are speaking out about the state's new voting law, along with the president of Microsoft, which has plans to create a hub in Atlanta.

In a Wednesday memo to employees, Delta CEO Ed Bastian wrote that the company had worked behind the scenes "to try and remove some of the most egregious measures" from the "unacceptable" law, which he says is "based on a lie" of widespread voter fraud, per the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Bastian said the law would make it "harder for many underrepresented voters, particularly Black voters" to vote. Hours later, Coca Cola CEO James Quincey urged lawmakers to revisit the law, telling CNBC that the company had "always opposed" it.

Microsoft President Brad Smith criticized the law in a company blog, noting "we voiced concern about this legislation even before it was passed."

https://www.newser.com/story/304407/georgia-faces-growing-backlash-over-voter-law.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=uol&utm_campaign=rss_top
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