Texas Business Leaders And Major Corporations—Including Microsoft, HP—Blast State’s ‘Voter Suppression’ Bills

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Texas business leaders and major corporations—including Microsoft and HP—blast state’s 'voter suppression' bills

, which imposes such restrictions as criminalizing sending unsolicited mail-in ballot applications to voters and expands the rights of partisan poll watchers.which measures will move forward: the Texas Senate has passed SB 7 and a Texas House committee passed the bill as well, but Republican House lawmakers replaced its text with HB 6’s provisions, setting up a showdown between the two bills.

from the Perryman Group. The state could also lose $16.7 billion in annual gross product by 2025 and nearly 150,000 due to the potential tourism hit and from conventions and major sporting events moving out of the state.Republicans have defended their new voting bills being seen nationwide as necessary to ensure “election integrity” and have railed against corporations who have spoken out against the restrictions.

, in which he declared he would no longer take corporate PAC money as a result. “Corporations that flagrantly misrepresent efforts to protect our elections need to be called out, singled out and cut off.

 

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This is why people in other states hate it when CA people move in. I doubt there is a “voter suppression” law. Be honest & break it all down. Big business wants things their way. They bring $’s so they try to leverage it. Bad idea! Refer back to CA as proof. It’s a mess!

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good. voter suppression is evil incarnate.

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