https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/04/02/mlb-move-all-star-game-atlanta-voting-law/
By Chelsea Janes
Major League Baseball announced Friday that it will move July?s All-Star Game out of Atlanta, a decision that comes amid backlash to Georgia?s new sweeping and restrictive voting law.<section>
The measure inspired an outcry from Democrats across the country who view the legislation as a Republican effort to make voting more difficult for people of color in the state, which voted for a Democrat for president in November for the first time in nearly two decades.
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Georgia sports teams and major companies such as Coca-Cola and Delta Air Lines condemn new state voting law
?Over the last week, we have engaged in thoughtful conversations with Clubs, former and current players, the Players Association, and The Players Alliance, among others, to listen to their views. I have decided that the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport is by relocating this year?s All-Star Game and MLB Draft,? MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement.
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