The Clients of the Investment Banking crowd want the unconstitutional federalization of election to happen:
150 companies urge U.S. Congress to pass voting rights act
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Mussolini is smiling from hell. Corporate fascism trying to make a comeback.
From your link. IIRC the pos legislation to utterly destroy clean elections did not pass earlier, thus this push by crap companies. Nice to know which ones so we can avoid their stuff.
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“We have a duty to work until every American can participate in our democracy, but that won’t happen until every eligible voter in this country has fair, equitable and safe access to voting,” said Chip Bergh, CEO of Levi Strauss & Co (LEVI.N), a signatory to the letter, in a prepared statement.
The companies are part of a group of corporate executives called Business for Voting Rights.
“The business community is proud of our role in encouraging our employees, customers, and communities to exercise their right to vote and have a say in our government,” the companies wrote in the letter.
U.S. companies have spoken up in support of voting rights reforms and against restrictions on voting that have passed in Republican-controlled states including Georgia. Some companies have come under fire from elected officials for their positions.
Former President Donald Trump and his supporters made unfounded claims that there was widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election.
Democrats are expected to reintroduce the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, Reuters has reported. read more
Another sweeping voting reform act, the For the People Act, has languished in Congress. President Joe Biden said in Philadelphia on Tuesday that act must be passed, but did not outline a path for it to overcome Republican opposition. read more
U.S. companies have spoken up in support of voting rights reforms and against restrictions on voting that have passed in Republican-controlled states including Georgia. Some companies have come under fire from elected officials for their positions.