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MLB Moves All-Star Game from Atlanta to Protest Georgia Voter Suppression Law

HeadlineApr 05, 2021

Major League Baseball announced it will move its All-Star Game and draft out of Atlanta to protest Georgia’s recently passed voter suppression law. The highly contested legislation adds new voter ID requirements, shortens the window for absentee voting, severely limits ballot drop boxes, and grants the state power to intervene in elections in Democratic counties.

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