These N.J. companies failed to support American democracy, group says

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The American Democracy Scorecard by the watchdog group Accountable.us awarded failing grades to 66% of the Fortune 100 companies, including two in New Jersey.

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Among the other companies that received failing grades were Amazon, Comcast Corp., Lockheed Martin, Microsoft Corp., and Verizon Communications. Coca-Cola and Walt Disney Co. received Ds. Contributing to the low grades was that companies were penalized for keeping their membership in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the powerful business lobby, which opposed efforts to expand voting rights in the face of Republican efforts in several states to roll them back after 2020.

 

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