Several leading corporations Thursday condemned legislation advanced by the Texas Senate that would limit certain voting methods. TEXAS SENATE ADVANCES VOTING LEGISLATION LIMITING EARLY VOTING HOURS, ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATIONS"It has been 56 years since the Voting Rights Act became law, yet efforts to disenfranchise Black people and other minorities continue to this day," Amazon said in a statement Thursday. LIBERAL GROUP COMMITS $10M TO CAMPAIGN AGAINST GA LEGISLATORS WHO 'SUPPORTED THE SUPPRESSION OF VOTING RIGHTS'But Texas Lt. Gov. The Texas legislation is similar to a law passed by Georgia earlier this week, a law that also received wide backlash from corporations like Delta and Coca-Cola. "The Texas Senate passed a voter suppression bill early this morning, targeting working Texans, communities of color," O'Rourke said on Twitter Thursday.

Source: Fox News April 02, 2021 02:48 UTC