LA Dodgers And LeBron James Team Up To Make Dodgers Stadium A Polling Site

[iluvtennis]

https://www.si.com/nba/lakers/news/dodgers-and-lebron-james-team-up-to-make-dodgers-stadium-a-polling-site

LeBron James' voting rights group More Than A Vote and the Dodgers are working together to make Dodger Stadium a voting center for the November election.

It will mark the first time that a Major League Baseball team is using its stadium as a polling site.

“I may still be new to L.A. but didn’t take long for me to learn how special the relationship is between the Dodgers and Lakers. We are all in this together,” James said in a statement Thursday, according to the Los Angeles Times. “I’m really proud we were able to help the Dodgers become the first MLB stadium to open for voting. This is exactly why we created More Than a Vote. A lot of us now working together and here for every team who wants to follow the Dodgers lead and turn their stadium into a safer place for voting.”

James helped found More Than A Vote in June to end Black voter suppression. He's since used his massive platform of a combined 117 million followers on Instagram and Twitter to encourage people to vote, in addition to speaking in front of national television audiences during the resumed NBA season about the importance of everyone making their voices heard.

"I hope everyone, no matter the race, no matter the color, no matter the size, will see what leadership that we have at the top in our country and understand that November is right around the corner and it’s a big moment for us as Americans," James said after a game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Aug. 5. "If we continue to talk about, ‘We want better, we want change,’ we have an opportunity to do that."

Dodger Stadium will be available for registered voters in Los Angeles County over a five-day period ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election.

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I love LeBron and his activism and that he is using his connections (aka networking) to make Dodger Stadium a polling place.

[intrepidity]

1. Holy hell that's a long walk

from the parking lot. Unless they mean to use the parking lot?

[SMC22307]

2. I'm really happy to see athletes/sports teams stepping up this way.

Fuck Trump and his efforts to suppress the vote!

[iluvtennis]

4. + 1. nt

[triron]

3. That makes me feel good.

[iluvtennis]

5. Ditto. nt

[ecstatic]

6. I really like and appreciate what LeBron is doing. I hope he'll run for office one day as well. nt

[Tribetime]

8. 😃😃😃😃👍👍👍👍

[crickets]

7. I am so glad LeBron started this and other cities/teams are following the example.

It's such a great idea and it's going to make a huge difference.