Georgia's Black clergymen urge Coca-Cola boycott over voting laws overhaul

Coca-Cola should be boycotted until the Atlanta-based company publicly opposes the Georgia's newly passed voting laws, a group of prominent local Black clergymen said. The group urged a similar boycott against large companies with Peach State headquarters and major regional operations, including Aflac, Delta Airlines, Home Depot and UPS.

Georgia's controversial overhaul of state elections, passed last week, places restrictions on voting by mail and gives the legislature more control over how elections are run. The new law requires a photo ID when mailing in an absentee ballot as well as when requesting a ballot. It also it cuts the time people have to request an absentee ballot.  Democrats and voting rights groups said the law will disproportionately affect voters of color.