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“#Amazon joins major companies slamming GOP-led voting laws<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Amazon has joined the chorus of corporations condemning Republican efforts to tighten election laws in Texas and Georgia.<\/p>\n

The e-commerce colossus said it opposes measures \u201caimed at restricting the ability of Americans to vote\u201d as the Lone Star State\u2019s Senate passed a bill that would limit access to mail-in ballots and ban drive-thru voting.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been fifty-six years since the Voting Rights Act became law, yet efforts to disenfranchise Black people and other minorities continue to this day,\u201d Amazon exec Jay Carney, who served as ex-President Barack Obama\u2019s press secretary, said in a statement Thursday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ability to vote is one of the most prized fundamental rights in our American democracy, and Amazon supports policies that protect and expand those rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carney urged other states to follow in the footsteps of Virginia, where Gov. Ralph Northam signed a major voting-rights law this week. Amazon has 27,000 employees in Virginia and is building a second headquarters there, according to Carney.<\/p>\n

Amazon spoke out as activists and black business executives pressed big companies to take a stand against a similar law in Georgia that Gov. Brian Kemp signed last week. It requires a photo ID for voting by mail and bans people from giving food or water to people waiting in line at the polls, among other provisions.<\/p>\n

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Republicans, such at Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, have defended the laws and accused the big corporations of meddling in legislative affairs.<\/figcaption>
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After taking heat for their initial lukewarm statements, Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian and Coca-Cola chief James Quincey \u2014 whose firms are headquartered in Atlanta \u2014 called the law \u201cunacceptable\u201d and \u201ca step backward,\u201d respectively.<\/p>\n

Now corporations are lining up against the Texas bill before it reaches Gov. Greg Abbott\u2019s desk. Among the Texas-based firms to object are Dell and American Airlines, which said it\u2019s \u201cstrongly opposed\u201d to the measure and others like it.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny legislation dealing with how elections are conducted must ensure ballot integrity and security while making it easier to vote, not harder,\u201d American said in a statement<\/a> Thursday.<\/p>\n

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American Airlines said it\u2019s \u201cstrongly opposed\u201d to the measure and others like it.<\/figcaption>
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Republicans have defended the laws and accused the big corporations of meddling in legislative affairs.<\/p>\n

\u201cTexans are fed up with corporations that don\u2019t share our values trying to dictate public policy,\u201d Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Thursday.<\/p>\n

With Post wires<\/em>\n <\/div>\n