{"id":146293,"date":"2020-10-23T18:01:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-24T01:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/?p=146293"},"modified":"2020-10-28T18:55:27","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T01:55:27","slug":"los-estadios-de-california-dan-la-bienvenida-a-los-votantes-a-las-elecciones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/_es\/politics\/2020\/10\/california-stadiums-welcome-voters-election\/","title":{"rendered":"No se necesitan entradas: los estadios dan la bienvenida a los votantes para las elecciones de noviembre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For California sports fans, walking through the doors of the Staples Center or Levi\u2019s Stadium isn\u2019t an option this year. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, state and local health departments barred fans across the country from attending games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But this November, counties and teams across California are allowing access to stadiums again \u2013 this time to vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Oakland, this is the first election where teams have offered up their spaces to accommodate voters, according to Alameda County Registrar of Voters Tim Dupuis. The Athletics are providing space around the Coliseum and in the Oakland Arena to serve as an accessible vote location<\/a>. The Golden State Warriors are opening up their downtown practice facility as another site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019d like to see our voters look at all the options that we’ve made available to them and have them choose the one that’s going to make them feel safe,\u201d said Dupuis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sports sites make up just two of the 100<\/a> locations voters can visit in Alameda County. But the benefits of the Coliseum voting complex go beyond just additional space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey\u2019re actually in some ways ideal voting locations,\u201d said David Becker, executive director and founder of the Center for Election Innovation and Research. He notes that arenas also offer good ventilation, reliable sources of power, accessibility for voters with disabilities and close proximity to public transportation routes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outside of Alameda County, a national push for opening more sporting arenas has gained traction. During the recent NBA season, the league and the players association formed a social justice coalition with a stated commitment<\/a> to open arenas as voting sites. The Elections Super Centers Project<\/a>, co-chaired by public policy advocates Eugene Jarecki and Amber McReynolds, is a nonpartisan organization working with athletes and celebrities to achieve that goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe arenas have the opportunity to serve the American people and serve the American voter,\u201d said Jarecki. \u201cThey can enable people to vote safely with social distancing without the danger of long lines. These super centers are just supplemental voting sites to take pressure off the existing infrastructure.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project has organized more than 60 arena voting sites, 12 of them in California. The Golden State Warriors alone are offering up three different team locations in Oakland, San Francisco and Santa Cruz to serve as voting sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat I’m seeing is that the community is just coming out, whether it’s the sporting teams, or whether it’s the community itself, and engaging in this election and wanting to help out,\u201d said Dupuis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many sports arena sites will be open for multiple days before the Nov. 3 election. Below is a list of the stadiums and teams that will open their doors to voters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n