Your Business, Your Vote, Your Voice
nat rosasco • October 22, 2020
How Small Business Owners Can Influence Policies & Elections
With the 2020 election around the corner, businesses have an important part to play in making sure that everyone has an opportunity to exercise their right to vote! We wanted to share with you two important pieces on why and how small businesses can encourage participation by their workers and customers in the election process.
Listen in a video by GoDaddy, Public Private Strategies Founder and Principal, Rhett Buttle , shares three simple ways small business owners can amplify their voices.
Listen in a video by GoDaddy, Public Private Strategies Founder and Principal, Rhett Buttle , shares three simple ways small business owners can amplify their voices.
Also, in a
recent Forbes column
, Rhett further emphasized the importance of small business owners to encourage those around them, workers and customers, to participate in the election.
"Americans’ ability to vote is facing its greatest challenge in decades. Between the Covid-19 pandemic, voter laws that vary by state, and uncertainty about whether mail-in ballots will be counted, many Americans are willing to stand in long lines just to vote early. It is important that businesses support their employees as they do this on election day and the weeks leading up to it.”
As a business owner, you are a trusted voice within your community and business. It is important to make sure that you and your employees have all the information they need to vote and have their voices heard. Voting is an important part of being an American citizen, regardless of personal political preferences, remember to encourage your employees to vote and educate themselves on the issues on the ballot.
"Americans’ ability to vote is facing its greatest challenge in decades. Between the Covid-19 pandemic, voter laws that vary by state, and uncertainty about whether mail-in ballots will be counted, many Americans are willing to stand in long lines just to vote early. It is important that businesses support their employees as they do this on election day and the weeks leading up to it.”
As a business owner, you are a trusted voice within your community and business. It is important to make sure that you and your employees have all the information they need to vote and have their voices heard. Voting is an important part of being an American citizen, regardless of personal political preferences, remember to encourage your employees to vote and educate themselves on the issues on the ballot.
