NBA, MLB, NFL, NHL Teams To Make Arenas Available As "Election Super Centers"
NEW YORK, Aug. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A roster of professional sports franchises from Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, National Football League, and National Hockey League are stepping forward to make their arenas and stadiums available as Election Super Centers this year.
The announcement comes as boards of election across the country struggle with the challenge of balancing convenient voter access with CDC guidelines for Covid-19. Stadiums and arenas allow for social-distance voting while reducing lines, wait-times, and other potential obstacles.
This multi-league action is being spearheaded by the Election Super Centers Project, a nonpartisan, joint initiative of the National Vote at Home Institute and Silver Linings Group to help team/arena owners/operators work with election officials to open large venues as polling sites in 2020. Chaired by acclaimed filmmaker and public policy advocate Eugene Jarecki and National Vote at Home Institute CEO Amber McReynolds, the Project convenes experts in public health, venue security and election integrity to ensure that millions of Americans will be able to vote safely and securely, overcoming hurdles seen during state primaries.
This year, professional sport and cultural luminaries have become increasingly involved in civic engagement activities, including the announcement last month by LeBron James and his group More Than a Vote that the Detroit Pistons and Atlanta Hawks would open their arenas as polling places in 2020. Now, the Election Super Centers Project is working with more than a dozen additional teams and arenas to open as supplemental voting and registration centers this year. These teams/arenas include the LA Clippers at The LA Forum, Washington Wizards, Golden State Warriors, Indiana Pacers, New Jersey Devils, Dallas Mavericks, Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Milwaukee Bucks, and Washington Capitals, all of whom have signaled their intent to open their doors and are now working closely with election officials. Project co-Chair McReynolds first proposed the idea of using arenas as polling places three years ago when she was Denver Director of Elections. Now, with COVID-19 resurging, the idea has gained renewed currency.
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Seeing as it WOULD be voting in person. But this would be a state level decision, right?
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