{"id":469136,"date":"2021-03-31T16:35:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T20:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=469136"},"modified":"2021-03-31T16:35:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T20:35:27","slug":"metlife-statement-on-voting-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/metlife-statement-on-voting-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"MetLife Statement on Voting Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <!--.bwalignc { text-align: center; list-style-position: inside }\n.bwuline { text-decoration: underline }body {font:normal small Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000;background-color:#fff;padding:24px;margin:0;} a img {border:0;} h3 {font-size:medium;color:#000;margin:0 0 1em 0; text-align:center;}-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><b>MetLife Statement on Voting Rights<\/b><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK&#8211;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\">BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)&#8211;<br \/>\nMetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) President and CEO Michel Khalaf issued the following statement today on voting rights:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cThe right to vote in America is absolutely fundamental. It\u2019s what gives people the power of self-determination and the ability to have their voices heard. MetLife believes any effort to limit the ability of Black Americans to exercise this hard-won civil right undermines democracy. We believe America is a better place when every voice is heard and every vote counts.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bwuline\">About MetLife<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\nMetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET), through its subsidiaries and affiliates (&#8220;MetLife&#8221;), is one of the world&#8217;s leading financial services companies, providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to help its individual and institutional customers navigate their changing world. 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(NYSE: MET) President and CEO Michel Khalaf issued the following statement today on voting rights: \u201cThe right to vote in America is absolutely fundamental. It\u2019s what gives people the power of self-determination and the ability to have their voices heard. MetLife believes any effort to limit the ability of Black Americans to exercise this hard-won civil right undermines democracy. We believe America is a better place when every voice is heard and every vote counts.\u201d About MetLife MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET), through its subsidiaries and affiliates (&#8220;MetLife&#8221;), is one of the world&#8217;s leading financial services companies, providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to help its individual and institutional &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/metlife-statement-on-voting-rights\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MetLife Statement on Voting Rights&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-469136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MetLife Statement on Voting Rights - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/metlife-statement-on-voting-rights\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MetLife Statement on Voting Rights - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"MetLife Statement on Voting Rights NEW YORK&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; MetLife, Inc. 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