Due to the new laws being but to vote in Georgia, the MLB has pulled its festivities from their main city of Atlanta.

These laws would limit absentee voting, reduce more than half of the ballot drop boxes in Atlanta, make it so if you are not a poll worker giving water to people in line is illegal, and close polls during the last Sundays before elections.

Closing the polls during the last Sundays before elections are specifically targeted at Black churches, as this is usually when they have their largest voter turnout.

Many civil-rights activists have taken the stand and show their support against these laws. 

Some say they haven’t seen voter oppression like this since Jim Crow.

Others, say they are just a different version of Jim Crow, “Jim Crow in a suit and tie.”  

The MLB All-Star Game and draft brings in a lot of tourists and money to the local economy.

In support against these laws, the MLB is taking its events out of Atlanta and to Denver, Colorado.

The White House spokesperson said, “He [President Joe Biden] said earlier this week that if the decision was made by Major League Baseball to move the All-Star game, he would certainly support that decision – and now that MLB has made that choice, he certainly does.”

Loretto junior, Aurora Zepeda said, ”I think it is amazing that the MLB is using their voice and influence to stand up for protecting American Citizens voting right. They are setting the example and encouraging others to follow too.”

Major League Baseball taking a stand with voters is showing that politicians cannot just run all aspects of life according to their specific agendas.