LeBron James launching multimillion-dollar effort to recruit poll workers for November
NBA superstar LeBron James is wading further into the fight over voter suppression, with his voting rights organization, More Than A Vote, launching a multimillion-dollar campaign to fortify the number of poll workers in vulnerable Black communities.
The group, which bands together James, other star athletes, state election officials and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, is partnering to draft young activists to work at polling locations for November's general election across the southern and battleground states of Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, and Texas."There are a lot of people who grew up in the inner city who are afraid to vote," James, the star of the Los Angeles Lakers, told reporters last week while wearing a "More Than a Vote" T-shirt inside the NBA's quarantined campus in Orlando, Florida. "We're giving everyone the tools, outlets."
Some of the states at the center of the effort were some of the sites of this year's most chaotic primaries. Georgia was one of the largest states to struggle with running an election during the COVID-19 pandemic -- but it is not alone. In early April, Wisconsin wrestled with similar challenges -- and saw similar scenes of long lines and voter confusion -- in what could be an unnerving preview of November if the virus persists.
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Bad for ABC pushing the nonsense that there is just "confusion" or "problems" with voting in those states. No, it's deliberate GOPee actions to screw voters the GOPee doesn't want voting.
