Hundreds of Companies, CEOs Band Together on Voting Access

[W_Heisenberg]

Hundreds of Companies, CEOs Band Together on Voting Access

Amazon, Netflix and others signed a new statement to defend voting access in the latest corporate response to a wave of voting bills under consideration across the U.S.

www.wsj.com

Hundreds of business leaders and companies, including Amazon. com Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Netflix Inc., signed a new statement to “defend the right to vote and oppose any discriminatory legislation,” the latest corporate response to a wave of Republican-led voting bills being advanced in dozens of states.

More than 300 companies, CEOs and other executives signed on to the statement, which appeared as a full-page advertisement in the New York Times and other publications Wednesday. It was organized by Kenneth Chenault, the former chief executive of American Express Co., and Kenneth Frazier, CEO of Merck & Co.

“There is overwhelming support in corporate america for this principle of voting rights,” Mr. Chenault said. “The right to vote is fundamental to America. It is not a partisan issue.”

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How long before Trump supporters and Republicans put themselves into the position of boycotting all companies in the U.S.?

The only companies they will have left to do business with will be Fox News and the pillow guy. Oh, wait. Is Fox News out? Newsmax and the pillow guy, then?

 

[tres borrachos]

I'm sure the clueless will start screaming about boycotts.

 

[Hatuey]

Lol, Republicans keep coming up with laws that aren't good for business.

 

[roguenuke]

This reminds me so much of the support for same sex marriage and then transgender rights and the attempted boycotts by those on the right for companies supporting rights for those groups. "I will never buy Apple products again", "I will never go to Target again". Such BS because we all know that the majority of companies, particularly tech companies, support these things, just like they will protest laws like those in Georgia, because their revenue is coming much more from those who also support those rights and are against restrictive voting laws, so they are not worried about losing money from the likes of 1MMs or the GOP/Trumpists when there is a point where they can't actually legitimately boycott all those companies.

 

[TomFitz]

I'm sure the clueless will start screaming about boycotts.

They’re fast running out of things to boycott!

 

[roguenuke]

They’re fast running out of things to boycott!

I think they would be running out of things they shouldn't be boycotting, which would mean living like the Amish essentially.

 

[donsutherland1]

Hundreds of Companies, CEOs Band Together on Voting Access

Amazon, Netflix and others signed a new statement to defend voting access in the latest corporate response to a wave of voting bills under consideration across the U.S.

www.wsj.com

Hundreds of business leaders and companies, including Amazon. com Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Netflix Inc., signed a new statement to “defend the right to vote and oppose any discriminatory legislation,” the latest corporate response to a wave of Republican-led voting bills being advanced in dozens of states.

More than 300 companies, CEOs and other executives signed on to the statement, which appeared as a full-page advertisement in the New York Times and other publications Wednesday. It was organized by Kenneth Chenault, the former chief executive of American Express Co., and Kenneth Frazier, CEO of Merck & Co.

“There is overwhelming support in corporate america for this principle of voting rights,” Mr. Chenault said. “The right to vote is fundamental to America. It is not a partisan issue.”

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How long before Trump supporters and Republicans put themselves into the position of boycotting all companies in the U.S.?

The only companies they will have left to do business with will be Fox News and the pillow guy. Oh, wait. Is Fox News out? Newsmax and the pillow guy, then?

The statement is a good first step. However, it likely won’t be sufficient. Many of those seeking to restrict voting see full voter participation as posing an existential threat to their ability to gain or retain elected office. Unable or unwilling to win broad support by offering attractive policy ideas, they seek instead to suppress the vote of those likely to oppose them. Therefore, corporations will need to do more. They will need to back up their statement by refusing to support elected officials, candidates, and the political party vehicles through campaign donations (financial and in-kind).

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

Here's an idea:
Any citizen who has been purged from voter rolls is no longer liable for any taxes until the next Federal Election in which they are once again allowed to vote.
Otherwise it's taxation without representation.
I think we're against that, yes?
Yes, I seem to remember we even fought a revolutionary war once upon a time where that was the main issue.

 

[Helix]

i'm glad that a number of companies don't support Republican voter suppression efforts. these companies can also not support voter suppression by not donating to Republican candidates or advertising on faux.