LeBron James-led group launching program to recruit poll workers for U.S. election

  • 📰 globeandmail
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 56 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 26%
  • Publisher: 92%

Canada Headlines News

Canada Latest News,Canada Headlines

More Than a Vote, a group of prominent athletes fighting voter suppression, will collaborate with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund on the program in a dozen states

, including battlegrounds such as Georgia, Michigan, Florida and Wisconsin, where disenfranchisement affects Black voters, the source said.

The New York Times first reported the effort, which will recruit young people as poll workers and include a paid advertising program and corporate partnership to encourage employees to volunteer as poll workers.A shortage of poll workers to staff in-person voting sites amid worries about the coronavirus pandemic has led to dramatically fewer polling locations in some states that held primaries earlier this year, including Georgia and Wisconsin.

The problems, and worries about what they could mean for the Nov. 3 election between Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden, led to the formation of More Than a Vote by James, star of the Los Angeles Lakers, and other athletes. The program will begin in Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina and Texas, the source said.

The group previously partnered with teams in Los Angeles and Atlanta to turn stadiums into polling places, and worked on an effort to help the formerly incarcerated restore their voting rights in Florida.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

HE'S THE BIGGEST CELEBRITY RACIST EVER

Now do Hong Kong Mr James

Vote for your free KingJames shirt. Lakeshow NBA LeFlop

Awe cmon I’m sure he did it for the jobs. 🙄

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 5. in CA

Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

LeBron James, Anthony Davis power Lakers past Trail Blazers for 2-1 lead - TSN.caLeBron James had 38 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists, Anthony Davis scored 12 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Portland Trail Blazers 116-108 on Saturday night for a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference first-round series. Playoff Bron
Source: TSN_Sports - 🏆 80. / 51 Read more »

James, Davis power Lakers past Trail Blazers for 2-1 series lead - Sportsnet.caLeBron James had 38 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists, Anthony Davis scored 12 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Portland Trail Blazers 116-108 on Saturday night for a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference first-round series.
Source: Sportsnet - 🏆 57. / 59 Read more »

LeBron James, Anthony Davis power Lakers past Trail Blazers for 2-1 lead - TSN.caLeBron James had 38 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists, Anthony Davis scored 12 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Portland Trail Blazers 116-108 on Saturday night for a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference first-round series. Playoff Bron
Source: TSN_Sports - 🏆 80. / 51 Read more »

Crowdfunding campaign launched for man who spoke up to anti-gay demonstratorsCrowdfunding campaign launched for man who spoke up to anti\u002Dgay group Done and shared! It happened in Calgary too, why aren't you reporting on it? Medical Bills? This isn't the USA...
Source: VancouverSun - 🏆 49. / 61 Read more »

Top U.S. security official says he cannot send law enforcement to polling sitesTrump has said repeatedly and without evidence that a shift to universal mail-in voting – something most states have not proposed doing – will lead to fraud in the Nov. 3 election Because he has been told what the laws say? ....but they can enter your home forcefully without a warrant? That makes sense.
Source: globeandmail - 🏆 5. / 92 Read more »