Dodger Stadium will serve as polling center for general election

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The Dodgers have partnered with LeBron James' voting rights organization to turn Dodger Stadium into a polling center for the general election in November.

to become the first MLB team to make its stadium available as a polling place.

The team, which made the announcement jointly with the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk and California Secretary of State’s office, said the site will be accessible to registered Los Angeles County voters over a five-day period for the presidential general election on Nov 3. The team described the endeavor as a joint effort with the recently founded More Than a Vote coalition of Black athletes and artists, including James and, dedicated to encouraging and protecting voting rights for people of color.

“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. “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.

 

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Are they going to charge $20 for parking to vote?

This is great! I wonder if he'd do something similar on Cleveland, considering that's a state more in play than Cali.

Don’t use modem voter machines. Paper ballots.

How did the Party of Lincoln become the Party of Trump? Why are REPUBLICANS--not Democrats--waving the Confederate flag today? My IBJNews column on how the 1965 Voting Rights Act launched major changes in the two parties.

Great-now move it to Florida for Nov 3rd and we’re good

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KingJames Our Country is in Trouble serious Trouble. Can LeBron James even spell the word, VOTE

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Not a bad idea. All stadiums statewide should be designated as voting centers. High school, college, NFL stadiums could all be utilized across the state.

HarrisVotes LinaHidalgoTX SylvesterTurner We could use Stadium in Sugarland and Minuteman and TSU....

TrapTVShow Now this is real action! Athletes, Actors, and other artist should follow suit.

Thank u goat James

Bravo to Dodgers and bravo to KingJames damn it just BRAVO! This, guys. If all of us did THIS kind of thing with a similar % of our energies. No one has to 'sacrifice everything' FFS! Why do we keep believing the LIE of the Hero's Journey? THERE ARE NO HEROES. It's PEOPLE.

We need this same energy in swing states.

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