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Black Executives Condemn Georgia Election Law: ‘Voter Suppression’

Paul Bois
Black Executives Condemn Georgia Election Law: ‘Voter Suppression’
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Even though Georgia’s recently-signed election integrity law applies to everyone in the state and even has overwhelming support among black voters, more than 70 black business executives released a joint statement on Wednesday urging corporations to publicly oppose what they describe as a kind of voter suppression.

According to The New York Times, Kenneth Chenault, a former chief executive at American Express, and Kenneth Frazier, the chief executive of Merck, spearheaded the response to Georiga’s new law and urged corporations to strongly and forcefully oppose the legislation.

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