A new message from your friends at People For the American Way.

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Friend,

Yet again, major corporations are professing their support of voting
rights in public and privately funding the very lawmakers who are
preventing voting rights legislation from being passed. This is not the
first time we’ve seen this hypocrisy, and we won’t let it stand.

Despite having signed a letter in support of the John Lewis Voting Rights
Advancement Act this past July, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, Intel,
Target, Dell, Cisco, and Boston Scientific have all donated thousands of
dollars in 2021 alone to the same Republican Senators that just voted
against even holding debate on that bill^[ [link removed] ] – let alone passing it. We
will not let these wealthy and influential corporations get away with this
hypocrisy.

[1]Add your name today to demand that corporations stop donating to
anti-voting rights members of Congress! >>

[ [link removed] ]Company donations to GOP senators that blocked the John Lewis Voting Rights
Act. Microsoft donated $15,500. Amazon donated $22,500. Facebook donated
$26,500. Intel donated $7,500. Cisco donated $5,000. Target donated $32,000.
Dell donated $38,500. Boston Scientific donated $17,000. Report by
Accountable.US and graphic by MSNBC.

Voting rights are the very heart and soul of American democracy – and
should be a nonpartisan issue – and these corporations should be taking a
strong stance to protect those rights. In 2006, the Voting Rights Act was
re-authorized on a vote of 98-0 in the Senate. But the Republican
lawmakers currently in office have decided that they can hold onto power
if they desecrate our sacred right to vote – and these corporations are
behaving as if they can quietly go about business as usual. Nothing will
be “business as usual” in Washington until access to the ballot box for
every single eligible voter is protected by law.

These anti-voting rights lawmakers will pay more attention to the call for
voting rights if the corporate funds stop flowing into their campaigns –
so that’s what needs to happen. If these eight corporations want to
support voting rights, they should stop donating to the Republican
lawmakers who are preventing the passage of desperately needed voting
rights protections such as the John Lewis VRAA and the Freedom to Vote
Act.

[ [link removed] ]Tell Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, Intel, Target, Dell, Cisco, and
Boston Scientific to cease all donations to the voter suppression caucus
in Congress. >>

These corporations think they can get away with these donations because no
one is paying attention to their PAC contributions, so we’re going to
prove them wrong. We’re watching you, corporations – it’s time to start
living your stated values and stop quietly funding the suppression of our
fundamental rights.

Thank you for all that you do,

– Ben Jealous, President

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[1] [ [link removed] ]“REPORT: Corporations Claiming to Support John Lewis Voting Rights
Bill Gave $164K to Senate Republicans That Blocked It.” (Accountable.US,
11/5/2021.)

 


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