Publix is a grocery store chain, but it's taking profits from its
customers and using them to fund far-right politicians who are responsible
for blocking over 700,000 votes across Florida alone!
It's all part of a plan to make sure people in prison lose their right to
vote forever, voters who are mostly people of color and who almost always
support Democrats.
And Publix gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to make this plan happen.
Publix cares what its customers and potential customers think. So this
holiday season, we are going to make sure its executives hear from you and
thousands like you that it is not OK for them to fund voter suppression.
[ [link removed] ]Add your name now to help force Publix to answer for the terrible harm
its donations have caused.
Thanks for all that you do,
Lacey and the Team at SumOfUs
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Right-wing state legislators suppressed hundreds of thousands votes in
Florida this election. And Publix, the state’s largest supermarket chain,
bankrolled their campaigns.
Demand that Publix stop donating to the republicans who disenfranchised
their constituents.
[ [link removed] ] Sign the petition
John,
More than 700,000 people were robbed of their right to vote in Florida
this election. Many of them were Black, Indigenous, and People of Color
(BIPOC). And most of them were likely to have voted for democrat
candidates.
Joe Biden is headed to the White House despite losing Florida, but the
right-wing state lawmakers who disenfranchised hundreds of thousands of
their BIPOC constituents are still in power thanks to the support of
corporations like the Florida-based supermarket chain Publix.
[ [link removed] ]Act now to demand that Publix stop bankrolling the republican lawmakers
who suppressed BIPOC votes in order to hand Trump a win in Florida.
In November 2018, more than 64% of Florida voters approved Amendment 4,
which restored the voting rights to former felons. It was a beautiful day
for democracy and the 1.2 million people who were finally able to vote
again.
But in May 2019, the republican-controlled state legislature approved a
bill that went against the will of Florida voters and required former
felons to pay all of their court fines and fees before they could vote.
Governor DeSantis, also a republican, signed the bill into law a month
later.
Publix donated hundreds of thousands of dollars this election cycle to the
Florida republicans responsible for this blatant act of voter suppression.
And its billionaire founder’s daughter and grandchildren are major Trump
supporters.
It appears that despite claiming it “rejects racism and discrimination of
any kind,” Publix has been more than happy to support right-wing lawmakers
who sacrifice the voting rights of hundreds of thousands of BIPOC
Floridians in order to protect their own political power. Let’s show them
that this hypocrisy is not OK.
[ [link removed] ]Sign this petition to demand that Publix make a public commitment to
stop giving money to politicians who disenfranchise Florida voters.
[ [link removed] ] Sign the petition
Thanks for all that you do,
Lacey and the team at SumOfUs
More information:
[ [link removed] ]Timeline: Effort to restore former felons voting rights in
Florida Click Orlando, November 3rd 2020
[ [link removed] ]US Election 2020: The fight to give former felons the vote in
Florida Sky News, November 2nd 2020
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