MLB Moves All-Star Game From Atlanta Over Georgia's New Voting Law
"Major League Baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all Americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box," said Commissioner Rob Manfred. A new host city for the game was not named.
This summer's Major League Baseball Draft and the All-Star Game won't be held in Atlanta, MLB officials announced Friday.
The withdrawal of the two events from the city in July is in response to Georgia's recently enacted voting restrictions, which critics, including President Biden, have denounced as "Jim Crow in the 21st century" because they say the legislation will disproportionately affect communities of color.
