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“Some of the companies are not done fighting the bill. Uber, Lyft and DoorDash have pledged to spend $90 million to support a ballot initiative that would essentially exempt them from the legislation.”

And how may people who drive for these companies are not citizens and cannot vote?

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I would guess very few, since driving requires a smartphone, a license, a vehicle, and a bank account.

Its possible to work around these, of course, but the numbers must be small.

? You can easily get all those things as a non-citizen resident. Do you mean undocumented immigrants or something?

The poster seems to be talking about illegal immigrants.

These are all obtainable without citizenship. There are clearly a lot of immigrants driving for Uber.

If they pledged that money to pay their employees properly, wouldn't it be a wash?

$90 million is peanuts compared to the potential cost of this bill.

That's why lobbying and buying propaganda works.

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