Warren Buffett, Amazon, Starbucks and others condemn voting restrictions in letter

Voting is the lifeblood of our democracy,' says the double-page letter published in the New York Times and Washington Post

Amazon, BlackRock, Google, Starbucks, billionaire investor Warren Buffett and hundreds of other companies published a letter on Wednesday condemning discriminatory legislation" designed to hinder voting rights in the US.

The letter - the biggest statement yet from corporate America - follows weeks of heated debate over corporate opposition to a series of Republican-sponsored bills that critics charge will restrict voting rights in states across the US.