Dozens of prominent Black executives called on corporations to fight Republican-led legislation they say would limit voting access for Black voters in numerous states, and Delta Air Lines Inc.’s DAL, +1.14% CEO publicly clashed with Georgia’s governor over a similar law passed there last week.
The efforts by Black business leaders, as well as new statements from Delta, Coca-Cola Co. KO, -0.38% and other companies on Wednesday, come after civil-rights advocates had for days said Georgia-based corporations hadn’t done enough to push back against that new state voting law. Opponents say the new voting rules will make it harder for voters in underrepresented communities to cast ballots, while backers say the rules are needed to preserve election integrity.
Though Delta, Coca-Cola and other corporations with headquarters in Atlanta had said they had worked behind the scenes to lobby Georgia lawmakers to make changes to the legislation, they had largely refrained from publicly criticizing it—prompting boycott calls from some voting-rights activists.
None of them read the bill. They are taking orders from the Democrat Party leadership which they support.
Every lame CEO is now piling on this woke path! Delta chief...READ the damn legislation first! And compare it to the voting laws in Delaware ( which Biden represented for decades)....No more Delta flights for me...
🤣—Read all the changes and not one of the restricts voter access, they all extend voter access and times and ways to vote. Sad that leads with such a biased and easily discredited buy-line.
Why is it a problem to show ID before you vote?