When it comes to the fallout from the 2020 elections, some of the clearest lines in the sand are being drawn by the country's top businesses.

Back in January, a move by corporations to suspend PAC donations to Repbulicans after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol felt like a new wave of corporate social responsibility rising in real-time.

So I was struck this week by a big statement signed by top business leaders opposing the voting restrictions in Georgia that were passed last month. We saw Atlanta-based businesses speak out in recent weeks, and Major League Baseball move its All-Star Game from the state. But the many prominent names on yesterday's letter carry a louder voice still.

Do you think this will have a role in shaping how companies engage in the public square going forward? Is there a role for business in politics to build on here?

As a technologist on our public Slack pointed out yesterday, it seems to be a case where businesses feel that speaking out is fundamental to democracy, rather than a matter of more narrowly defined politics.

What do you think about the role of businesses in shaping public discourse? Reply here or emailbaltimore@technical.ly.

— Technical.ly Assistant Editor Stephen Babcock (stephen@technical.ly)

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