LOS ANGELES, United States — The
NBA said Tuesday it will not schedule any
games when voters go to the polls for pivotal US midterm elections in November.
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The league said
in a statement no games would be on the schedule on November 8, when control of
the
US Congress will be up for grabs at the ballot box.
The league, which
will announce its full schedule for the 2022–2023 season on Wednesday, said the
move was designed to encourage fans to vote.
A statement said
the decision “came out of the NBA family’s focus on promoting nonpartisan civic
engagement and encouraging fans to make a plan to vote during midterm
elections.”
The league said
NBA teams would also make a concerted effort to distribute information on their
state’s voting process and voter registration deadlines.
A full schedule
of games will take place on the eve of the elections on November 7, where teams
will use games to “amplify the work of each team to promote civic engagement in
their respective markets and share important voting resources from our
partners.”
The NBA has
actively encouraged political activism amongst its players in recent years,
notably in 2020 following the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor during
confrontations with police.
Many NBA arenas were
converted into polling stations during the 2020 presidential election as part of
league efforts to boost voter turnout.
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