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RandySF

(57,592 posts)
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 11:54 PM Jul 2020

Milwaukee Bucks work to partner with LeBron James' group to offer Fiserv Forum as voting site

The Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday announced an effort to partner with basketball star LeBron James’ voting rights group More Than A Vote to make Fiserv Forum available as a potential voting site.

James is seeking to use NBA arenas and other sporting locations as large polling sites for the November presidential election, the Associated Press reported. The effort is meant to allow ballots to be cast in person during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"We’re looking forward to working with the City of Milwaukee, in any capacity that we can, to ensure ppl can safely exercise their right to vote!" tweeted Milwaukee Bucks Senior Vice President Alex Lasry.

"We just want to continue to do what we can to make sure that people can safely exercise their right to vote," Lasry told the Journal Sentinel. "If that means that we serve as a voter registration place, great. If it means that we can be a polling place, great. We want the city to know, and the people of Milwaukee to know, that we're here to assist and be a resource in any way we can."



https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2020/07/01/bucks-partner-lebron-james-make-fiserv-forum-voting-site/5360542002/


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Milwaukee Bucks work to partner with LeBron James' group to offer Fiserv Forum as voting site (Original Post) RandySF Jul 2020 OP
Awesome idea! Nevilledog Jul 2020 #1
When all is said and done, LeBron may wind up accomplishing more off the court than on. Bleacher Creature Jul 2020 #2
I hated Jamaal510 Jul 2020 #4
more far away hard to get to locations nt msongs Jul 2020 #3
The Detroit Pistons facility is right off the freeway and near several bus lines. RandySF Jul 2020 #5

Bleacher Creature

(11,235 posts)
2. When all is said and done, LeBron may wind up accomplishing more off the court than on.
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 12:21 AM
Jul 2020

And on the court, I'm not sure there's been anyone better - and that includes MJ. He really has grown into a remarkable human being.

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
4. I hated
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 03:13 AM
Jul 2020

how he conducted himself on the court during the 2015 and 2016 Finals, provoking Draymond Green and acting like a sore loser after a few games. But since then, I've gained a lot of respect towards him as I look at what he does away from basketball.

RandySF

(57,592 posts)
5. The Detroit Pistons facility is right off the freeway and near several bus lines.
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 06:05 AM
Jul 2020

It's going to be used as a ballot drop-off site.

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