The Los Angeles Dodgers are the first Major League Baseball team to offer its stadium as a voting center for the upcoming Nov. 3 presidential election.
The team sei Thursday that the transformed stadium will be accessible with free parking for all registered voters over a period of five days and will follow CDC guidelines, as first reported by ESPN.
“Dodger Stadium is part of the Los Angeles fabric, and we are proud to continue working with the County to make the property available for the benefit of the community at large,” said Dodger President & CEO Stan Kasten in a press release Thursday. “Voting is all our civic duty, and we are excited to work with More than a Vote to do everything we can to help get the vote through this process equally easy, accessible and safe for all Angelenos.”
Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium in 2018
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The Dodgers have teamed up with LeBron James’ non-profit More Than A Vote, a coalition of Black athletes and artists working to “combat systemic, racist voter oppression by giving up, mobilizing and protecting our community by 2020.”
“I may still be new to LA, but it did not take long for me to learn how special the relationship between the Dodgers and Lakers is. We are all together in this,” James said in a press release. “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 made More Than a Vote. Many of us are working together now and here for any team that wants to. follow the Dodgers’ lead and turn their stadium into a safer place for votes. “
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James joined the organization in June with several other high-profile stars, including LA Dodgers pitcher David Price, cabaret artist Kevin Hart, NBA player Draymond Green, and NFL running back Alvin Kamara, according to a profile in the New York Times .
“Yes, we want you to go out and vote, but we’ll also give you the tutorial,” James told the New York Times. “We will give you the background on how to vote and what they are trying to do, on the other hand, to stop you from voting.”
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Multiple NBA teams offer their stadiums as voting areas. The Atlanta Hawks were the first to announce in June that their stadium would be used to create Georgia’s largest-ever voting site. ESPN reports that the Milwaukee Bucks and Detroit Pistons will also turn their facilities into voting sites.
