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Amazon, Apple should avoid North Carolina over "racist" voter ID plan, advocacy group says

民權組織稱，亞馬遜、蘋果應該反對北卡羅來納州的種族主義選民身份證識別提案

Amazon"s logo is pictured inside the company"s office in Bangalore, India, April 20, 2018.

路透社:2018年4月20日，亞馬遜在印度班加羅爾的辦公室內的亞馬遜標識

Apple and Amazon are reportedly each considering North Carolina as an East Coast headquarters. But voting rights advocates, citing the state"s new voter ID proposal, are trying to convince the tech titans to go elsewhere.

據報道，蘋果和亞馬遜都在考慮將北卡羅來納州作為東海岸的總部。但投票權倡導者援引該州新的選民身份證提案，試圖說服科技巨頭們到其他地方去。

The bill, announced Thursday by the state"s House Republicans, would establish a photo voter identification requirement in the state"s constitution, the News & Observer in Raleigh reported.

據羅利市的《新聞與觀察家報》報道，該州眾議院共和黨人周四宣布，該法案將在該州憲法中確立選民身份證照片識別要求。

But Color of Change, a civil rights organization, launched a campaign this week to pressure Apple and Amazon to push back against the voter ID bill, arguing that it discriminates against African-Americans.

但是民權倡導組織『Color of Change』，發起了一項運動，旨在向蘋果和亞馬遜施壓，要求其抵制選民身份證識別法案，稱該法案歧視非裔美國人。

「REJECT RACISM … Make your Raleigh campus contingent on EQUAL RIGHTS for ALL your employees … Vote NO on racist voter ID laws!」 the advocacy group says in an ad.

該民權倡導組織在一則廣告說：「拒絕種族主義… 羅利的企業應該對旗下所有員工一視同仁… 對種族主義選民身份證識別法案說『不』。」

Two years ago, federal courts struck down a North Carolina voter ID law that was passed in 2013, hence this year"s effort by the House GOP to make the new bill a constitutional amendment, Think Progress reported.

據報道，兩年前，聯邦法院否決了2013通過的北卡羅來納選民身份證法案，因此，今年眾議院共和黨人努力使新法案成為憲法修正案。

The U.S. Supreme Court said last year that the law targeted African-Americans "with almost surgical precision,」 the report said.

報道稱，美國最高法院去年表示，該法案對非裔美國人來說「幾乎是外科手術式的精確打擊」。

Tell @Amazon & @Apple to reject racism and say "NO" to North Carolina』s racist attacks on voting rights https://t.co/qrNsMFbJDi pic.twitter.com/EcdKMIzr46

— ColorOfChange.org (@ColorOfChange) June 6, 2018

告訴亞馬遜和蘋果拒絕種族主義，對北卡羅來納州種族主義攻擊投票權說「不」

— ColorOfChange.org (@ColorOfChange) 2018年6月6日

Apple and Amazon have been looking at Raleigh, the state capital, for possible additional headquarters, Think Progress reported.

據Think Progress報道，蘋果和亞馬遜一直考慮在北卡羅來納首府羅利設立新的總部。

Brandi Collins-Dexter, senior campaign director for Color of Change, told the News & Observer that it"s time for companies to "show that disenfranchising the black vote should be bad for business."

Color of Change組織的高級總監Brandi Collins-Dexter，告訴《新聞與觀察家報》，「是時候讓企業看看，剝奪黑人的選舉權對商業不利。」

「We see this as a war that has been waged on these communities," she said.

她說道：「在我們看來，這就是一場針對黑人群體發起的戰爭。」

The giant tech companies would bring billions of dollars in investments and as many as 60,000 jobs, Forbes reported.

據《福布斯》報道，這些科技巨頭將帶來數十億美元的投資和多達6萬個工作崗位。

Ironically, setting up shop in Raleigh could help with Amazon』s search for a diverse board director, as the Research Triangle of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill make up a combined population that is 22 percent black, nearly double that of the national black population, Forbes reported.

具有諷刺意味的是，在羅利開設分店可能有助於亞馬遜尋找一位多元化的董事會董事。據《福布斯》報道，羅利、達勒姆和教堂山的三角研究園共有22%的黑人，幾乎是全國黑人人口的兩倍。

Matthew Williams, who grew up in North Carolina, also launched a petition calling on Jeff Bezos and Tim Cook, the CEOs of Amazon and Apple, to 「say no to North Carolina』s racist attacks on voting rights,」 according to Think Progress.

馬修·威廉姆斯在北卡羅來納州長大，他還發起了一份請願書，呼籲亞馬遜和蘋果的CEO傑夫·貝佐斯和蒂姆·庫克「反對北卡羅來納州投票權的種族主義攻擊」。

State House Speaker Tim Moore is the lead sponsor on the voter ID bill.

州眾議院議長蒂姆·摩爾是選民身份證識別法案的主要發起人。

Moore called the photo ID requirement a 「common sense measure to secure the integrity of our elections system,」 the Charlotte Observer reported in an editorial. He said it』s needed because 「protecting our democracy should be one of lawmakers』 highest priorities.」

《夏洛特觀察家報》在一篇社論中稱，摩爾將身份證照片識別要求稱為「確保我們選舉制度完整性的常識措施」他說，這是非常有必要的，因為「保護我們的民主應該是立法者的首要任務之一。」

North Carolina is the last state in the Southeast to have no form of voter ID. This commonsense measure to secure the integrity of elections is supported by the vast majority of North Carolinians who deserve to vote on strengthening ballot protections.https://t.co/QtRKqkIjc5

— Speaker Tim Moore (@NCHouseSpeaker) June 7, 2018

北卡羅來納州是美國東南部最後一個沒有任何選民身份證識別的州。這一確保選舉完整性的常識措施得到了絕大多數北卡羅萊納州人的支持，他們應該就加強選票保護進行投票。

— 蒂姆?摩爾(@NCHouseSpeaker) 2018年6月7日

However, the state Board of Elections released an extensive and objective audit of the 2016 election that found that out of almost 4.8 million votes cast, only one fraudulent vote probably would have been avoided with a photo voter ID law, the Observer』s editorial said.

然而，《觀察家》的社論說，國家選舉委員會對2016年的選舉進行了廣泛而客觀的審計，發現在近480萬張選票中，只有一張假選票可能會通過照片投票法得以避免。

A University of California at San Diego study found that 「strict photo identification laws have a differentially negative impact on the turnout of Hispanics, Blacks, and mixed race Americans in primaries and general elections,」 the Atlantic reported last year.

《大西洋月刊》去年報道稱，加州大學聖地亞哥分校的一項研究發現，「嚴格的身份證照片識別法對拉美裔、黑人和混血美國人在初選和大選中的投票率產生了不同程度的負面影響。」

In the new voter ID amendment, it is not clear if student IDs or utility bills would count, and legislators would release the details after voters pass it, the Observer editorial reported.

據《觀察家報》報道，在新的選民身份證識別修正案中，不清楚學生身份證或公用設施法案是否會被計算在內，而立法者將在選民通過後公布細節。

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