Georgia voting rights activists pressure big corporations to oppose GOP-backed ballot restrictions

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PUBLISHED SUN, MAR 14 202110:36 AM EDT UPDATED SUN, MAR 14 202110:37 AM EDT

Hannah Miao

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Civil rights and activist groups are turning up the pressure on large Georgia companies like Coca-Cola and Delta Airlines to oppose sweeping voting restrictions proposed by Republican state legislators.

They’re urging major Georgia-based corporations to speak out publicly against the proposed voting restrictions and to stop donating money to the Republican legislators sponsoring the bills.

Advocacy groups are turning to Georgia’s powerful business community because they say trying to sway GOP lawmakers alone has little effect

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Civil rights and activist groups are turning up the pressure on large Georgia companies like Coca-Cola and Delta Airlines to oppose sweeping voting restrictions proposed by Republican state legislators.

“We’ve got the power of organized people. They’ve got the power of organized money. And between us and them, we could put pressure on these legislators or, worst case scenario, the governor to kill these bills,” Cliff Albright, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, told CNBC.

Groups including Black Voters Matter, the New Georgia Project Action Fund and the Georgia NAACP on Friday launched the next phase of their campaign in local press and on social media asking supporters to directly contact CEOs, presidents and headquarters of major Georgia-based corporations. They’re urging them to speak out publicly against the proposed voting restrictions and to stop donating money to the Republican legislators sponsoring the bills.

The voter restriction bills come after historic turnout from Georgia voters — particularly from Black voters and voters of color — during the November general and January runoff elections, where Republicans lost the presidential and U.S. Senate races for the first time in decades.

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