ADADRepresentatives from Coca-Cola and Home Depot told The Washington Post that their companies are “aligned” with the Chamber’s comments. The Service Employees International Union and Progress Georgia recently began running digital ads targeting the same companies and highlighting the spending power of Black Georgians. “Georgia is backsliding toward a twisted electoral system built on suppressing and manipulating Black votes,” said Black Voters Matter founders LaTosha Brown and Cliff Albright in a statement announcing the group’s campaign. This wouldn’t be the first time Georgia businesses have been called on to take sides in a political fight. ADADSupporters of the voting restrictions in Georgia and elsewhere cite false claims of widespread voter fraud during the 2020 election as proof of their necessity.

Source: Washington Post March 15, 2021 22:29 UTC