NEW YORK: Major League Baseball moved its 2021 All-Star Game out of Atlanta on Friday after concerns that a new Georgia state law would negatively impact the ability of Black citizens to vote.
“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.
Critics of a voting rights law signed by Georgia’s Republican Governor Brian Kemp last week say the legisation creates severe restrictions upon voters, with tougher identification requirements for absentee voters and restricted use of ballot dropboxes.
US President Joe Biden told ESPN on Wednesday he supported moving the…
