LeBron James and his ‘More Than a Vote’ voting rights advocacy non-profit has partnered with the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball to use their iconic Dodger Stadium as a polling place for the upcoming 2020 Election in November, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. It’s the first time that a Major League Baseball stadium will be used as a polling place, joining three other NBA arenas as polling places.
‘More Than a Vote,’ which was started by LeBron James and Maverick Carter, and has also been joined by several other athletes and celebrities, have centered repurposing currently empty sports stadiums as polling places in various states.
The State Farm Arena in Atlanta, the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit and the Fiserv Forum in Wisconsin are some of the NBA arenas where ‘More Than a Vote’ is organizing polling places. ‘More Than a Vote’ was created to help combat voter suppression across the country, especially in the Black community.
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