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MOSCOW, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Russian tech firm Yandex said on Tuesday it had removed jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s tactical voting website from its search engine to comply with a government ban ahead of a parliamentary election this month. Navalny and his allies want to use the website and a separate app to organise a tactical voting campaign at the Sept. 17-19 contest to land a blow against the ruling United Russia party. The campaign urges followers to sign up so they can be allocated… Source link

Progressive activists are calling on Ford, Target, Google, Bank of America and other major companies that have pledged to support voting rights to cut ties with the US Chamber of Commerce, CNN Business has learned. At issue is the Chamber of Commerce’s fierce opposition to the Democrats’ sweeping voting bill known as the For the People Act, which advocates say would counter efforts by Georgia and other states to impose new voting restrictions. The Chamber of Commerce has Source link

By Hilary Russ    NEW YORK, April 20 (Reuters) – Religious leaders in Georgia on Tuesday will call for a boycott of Home Depot Inc because of its silence on the state’s new voting curbs that activists say make it harder for Black people and other racial minorities to vote.    Other Georgia-based corporations – including Delta Air Lines Inc and Coca-Cola Co – have been meeting with the activists for weeks and issued statements opposing the voting restrictions.    Coca-Cola also hosted a… Source link

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signs a baseball after a ceremony to announce that Atlanta will host baseball’s 2021 All-Star Game, Wednesday, May 29, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) After watching the fallout from the new Georgia voting law passed two weeks ago, I’ve come to five conclusions. -The right to vote shouldn’t be a partisan issue, but sadly has become one. -The new law isn’t about election integrity, it’s meant to suppress voting. -The law has set off a chain reaction that… Source link

Major League Baseball (MLB) announced it will host its 2021 All-Star game in Denver this summer, just days after pulling the game out of Atlanta to protest Georgia’s new voting rights bill. “Major League Baseball is grateful to the Rockies, the City of Denver and the State of Colorado for their support of this summer’s All-Star Game,” MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. “We appreciate their flexibility and enthusiasm to deliver a first-class event for our game and the… Source link

Bloomberg The Second Breakup of AT&T (Bloomberg) — AT&T Inc. has been called many things over its 135-year history: Ma Bell, monopoly, media conglomerate. The company, which traces its roots to the patent rights of telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell, was the dominant phone company for much of the 20th century. So dominant, in fact, that it was broken up in 1982 as part of an agreement with antitrust authorities. But those businesses eventually began to merge, culminating with SBC… Source link

(Want to get this newsletter in your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. The Justice Department filed a long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Google, accusing the company of maintaining an illegal monopoly over search. The suit is the most aggressive move against a tech giant in a generation. Google, owned by Alphabet, said the lawsuit was “deeply flawed,” and told its employees to stay focused and quiet. The government, joined by 11 states, is accusing… Source link

Google is making it easier to find the closest voting location near you. In a new blog post, the company revealed it has introduced new features to Search and Maps in the US to help you locate the nearest location where you can cast your vote — either in person or via a mail-in ballot. Simply search for “early voting locations” or “ballot drop boxes near me,” and Google will point you in the right direction. In addition to… Source link

Google is adding new election features to its voice assistant, Google Search, and Google Maps, to make it easier for US citizens to find voting locations ahead of the election next month. In Google Search, queries like “early voting locations” and “ballot drop boxes near me” will give details about where you can vote in person or return mail-in ballots, while asking the Google Assistant where to vote will “soon” provide relevant information on your phone, speaker, or smart… Source link

Former First Lady Michelle Obama planned to meet with NBA and WNBA players on Sunday afternoon to talk about voting, Oklahoma City Thunder star and president of the Players Association Chris Paul said. Obama’s push on voting came just 100 days out from election day in November, part of the “When We All Vote” campaign. She announced on Sunday that they have already registered 100,000 new voters through that campaign, and hope to double that number before November. “We’re gonna talk about… Source link