“We want to hold corporations accountable for how they show up when voting rights are under attack,” said Marc Banks, an NAACP spokesman. Elijah Nouvelage via Getty Images Georgia Republicans have enacted an overhaul of the state’s election law that critics argue is an attempt to suppress Democratic votes. Business leaders largely maintained that caution as Republican state lawmakers used Trump’s lie to justify a flood of new bills to make it more cumbersome to vote. James D. Morgan via Getty Images Delta Air Lines and Coca-Cola’s response to the Georgia voting fight is standing as a cautionary tale for other businesses. Some Georgia Republicans wanted to roll back the state’s no-excuse absentee voting law, end automatic voter registration and ban Sunday early voting used heavily by Black churches.

Source: Huffington Post April 03, 2021 12:22 UTC