NewsOne: “Georgia-based corporations tried to play both sides in a recent battle over a new law that enacts additional barriers to ballot access.
Several of the corporations have dodged direct questions concerning the wave of voter suppression laws, often hiding behind the chamber of commerce.
But a statement released by Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian, praising SB 202, raised alarms. LaTosha Brown, a co-founder of Black Voters Matter Fund, tweeted that the statement seemed like Delta wrote it in coordination with Gov. Brian Kemp’s team.
Bastian claimed the company was committed to fair and equal access to the ballot. The CEO of Delta, which has its headquarters in Atlanta, glossed over provisions such as barriers to mobile voting, preventing volunteers from handing out water and other line-warming activities, and additional restrictions placed on absentee voting.
Bastian’s statement also feeds into claims that SB 202 promotes greater election security, when there is no evidence warranting a genuine concern of election integrity and security.”