Tag: 2020 Election

Lakers, LeBron James announce Staples Center will be 2020 voting center

LeBron James shared his excitement that his homecourt will be a center for voting in the 2020 election in November.

Perhaps the most actionable thing that came out of the NBA’s brief work stoppage inside the bubble was a commitment from the league that they would try to get all of their teams to commit to using their currently empty arenas as potential voting sites. This has been a central goal of the “More Than A Vote” nonprofit started by LeBron James and Maverick Carter, which has been supported by other athletes and entertainers.

With the NBA announcing their hopes just yesterday, the Lakers announced just before their Game 5 against the Blazers that the Staples Center will also be a voting center for the 2020 election. LeBron shared the team’s message with much excitement less than 90 minutes before the Lakers take the court to close out the Portland Trail Blazers, up 3-1 in their best-of-seven series.

Education was the first way in which LeBron James tried to affect social change, but over the past few months, fighting voter suppression and making sure Black people have greater access to democracy has become another important aspect of his social justice goals.

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Steph and Ayesha Curry appear at DNC to endorse Joe Biden in the 2020 election

Steph and Ayesha Curry appeared in a virtual video at the 2020 Democratic National Convention to endorse Joe Biden in the 2020 election.

Stephen Curry had a busy Thursday.

After serving as the Golden State Warriors representative at the NBA Draft Lottery, Curry joined his wife Ayesha to make an appearance during the final night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention.

In a pretaped video surrounded by their family, Steph and Ayesha endorsed Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Ayesha opened the video stating, “We want to ensure that our kids live in a nation that is safe, happy, healthy and fair.” The two-time NBA Most Valuable Player followed saying, “we’re voting for Biden.”

Steph and Ayesha were then joined by their daughters Ryan and Riley for some questions about politics and the upcoming election.

After the Curry family’s video, the former Vice President chimed in on Twitter to thank Steph and Ayesha.

Via @JoeBiden on Twitter:

Curry responded to Biden’s thank you with praise for his formal acceptance speech at the DNC. The point guard called the speech “amazing.”

Via @StephenCurry30 on Twitter:

Curry joined fellow NBA All-Star LeBron James to endorse Biden. In an interview with Cari Champion and Jemele Hill, the Los Angeles Lakers forward said he would “for sure” support Biden and Kamala Harris in the 2020 election.

Watch the Curry family’s DNC video via @DemConvention on Twitter:

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More Than A Vote makes call to action to fans before playoffs to fight Black voter suppression

The More Than A Vote non-profit started by LeBron James took time to discuss Black voter suppression.

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Monday is a glorious day for sports fans and particularly, NBA fans, as the league starts the first round of the NBA playoffs later this afternoon down in the Disney World bubble. But with a day that sports fans have been waiting for for a long time, also comes attention. And with that in mind, LeBron’s ‘More Than A Vote’ nonprofit, created to fight suppression of Black voters in the United States ahead of the 2020 general election, wrote a call to action for their fans to help beware of the voter suppression that has long limited the potential impact of Black voters on ESPN’s The Undefeated.

The most important thing you all need to know is Black voters matter more than ever. The biggest cities in the most critical states in this election have incredible, vibrant Black communities. Detroit, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Miami, Milwaukee, Atlanta. Not surprisingly, because these Black voters have so much influence, they will be more aggressively targeted by forces of suppression. Many in power who oppose our fight for change believe it is easier to cancel one of our votes than to find a new vote of their own. You need to know this and understand how it works.

One critical and immediate threat to our vote is COVID. Black communities are overwhelmingly more vulnerable than white communities. In counties where Black people are the majority, death rates are 3.5 times higher than the national average. Our voting locations must offer safe, socially distanced voting. If we don’t address this now, no joke, many Black people will be forced to put their health at risk just to cast a ballot.

“More Than A Vote” has worked on crucial initiatives to get out the vote, including getting teams in both the NBA and MLB to use their sports stadiums as polling places across the country.

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Panthers RB Christian McCaffrey urges everyone to research, vote

He also wants people to research what’s going on and put that knowledge to use.

The NFL has rolled out a new initiative encouraging people to get out and vote in the 2020 elections called #NFLVotes.

When he was speaking with the media yesterday via Zoom, Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey said that it’s very important that we all vote. He also wants people to research what’s going on and put that knowledge to use.

We’re not picking sides, but the more people who are engaged in this democracy, the better.

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