Coca-Cola required ID in 2020 shareholder meeting, but slams Georgia for voter ID law

Coca-Cola has released a statement condemning Georgia’s new 
voting legislation, but the company requires valid ID to be 
admitted to its annual meeting of shareholders.

“At the entrance to the meeting, we will verify your 
registration and request to see your admission ticket and a 
valid form of photo identification, such as a driver’s license 
or passport,” the company wrote in reference to its 2020 annual 
meeting of shareholders, held before the coronavirus pandemic.

Georgia’s new voting law requires a drivers’ license or state ID 
number be listed to submit an absentee ballot to vote, among 
other new reforms. The state already required ID to vote in 
person. It had previously relied on signature matching to verify 
ballots.

Coca-Cola is based in Atlanta. This week, the beverage company, 
among other Georgia-based companies, issued statements 
condemning the new legislation after threats of boycott.

Coca-Cola Chairman and CEO James Quincey issued a statement 
Wednesday night saying the company is "disappointed in the 
outcome of the Georgia voting legislation."

"Voting is a foundational right in America, and we have long 
championed efforts to make it easier to vote," Quincey said. "We 
want to?be crystal clear and state unambiguously?that?we are 
disappointed in the outcome of the Georgia voting legislation. 
Throughout Georgia’s legislative session, we?provided feedback 
to?members of both?legislative 
chambers?and?political?parties,?opposing measures in the bills 
that would diminish or deter access to voting."

Quincey added that Coca-Cola's focus "is now on supporting 
federal legislation that protects voting access and addresses 
voter suppression across the country."

MLB is also bowing to the pressure from the left.

"Major League Baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for 
all Americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box," 
league commissioner Rob Manfred said announcing the decision to 
pull this year’s All-Star Game out of the Peach State Friday. He 
said protesting Georgia’s new GOP-backed election integrity law 
was "the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport."

The House recently passed H.R. 1, the For the People Act, 
election reform favored by Democrats and panned by Republicans.

The legislation would create automatic voter registration across 
the country and ensure those who complete felony sentences have 
their voting rights restored. The bill will also expand early 
voting and enhance absentee voting by simplifying voting by mail.

Coca-Cola spinoff Fanta was invented inside Nazi Germany during 
World War II and "became a point of nationalistic pride," 
according to "God, Country and Coca-Cola" by Mark Pendergrast.

Fox News' Michael Ruiz contributed to this article.

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