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Title: MLB boycotts Georgia Post by: patric on April 02, 2021, 02:50:37 pm Major League Baseball announced Friday that it is moving the 2021 All-Star Game out of Atlanta in response to a new Georgia law that has civil rights groups concerned about its potential to restrict voting access for people of color.
The 2021 MLB draft, a new addition to All-Star Game festivities this year, will also be relocated. In a statement, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said the league is "finalizing a new host city and details about these events will be announced shortly." https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31183822/mlb-moving-all-star-game-atlanta-georgia-voting-law I dont know what lucky state will be the winner from the move, but I can guess at least one state that wont be considered: Oklahoma — in keeping with its supporters’ pressure to pass constitutional amendments — would allow the state legislature to select its presidential electors if there isn’t a federal law requiring voter ID and paper ballots to verify election results. Another bill in Oklahoma proposes an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would prohibit absentee ballots from being delivered without applications being notarized or signed by two witnesses — a standard most states don’t have. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/10/most-extreme-voting-restrictions-proposed-by-gop/ Legislators in 28 states — including Oklahoma — have introduced proposals (some 106 and rising, according to the Brennan Center for Justice) to restrict voter access. https://tulsaworld.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-voter-supression-has-partisan-motives-and-racist-impact-in-oklahoma-and-around-the-nation/article_4369d278-6a10-11eb-ac53-532db20f6fed.html |