Over 90 Percent Of NBA Players Now Registered To Vote, Up From 20 Percent - DMT NEWS

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Over 90 Percent Of NBA Players Now Registered To Vote, Up From 20 Percent

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The NBA has had a surge of voter registrations amongst their eligible players.

During an August 26th players meeting on social justice issues, Doc Rivers challenged players to register to vote as only 20 percent of eligible players at the time were believed to have been registered.

"Our aim is to get every single player, who is eligible, registered to vote," said Michele Roberts. "There may be one or two players that on principal grounds don't want to. But every time I am given the name of someone who's not registered and I or someone on my staff contacts them, they say, Oh, my bad. And they do it.

"We are at a little over 90 percent. I couldn't be more proud that these guys have risen in a matter of months to the occasion. It's one thing register. We're pivoting now to our players now engaged in the Get Out The Vote movement. We're now going into our community, doing public service announcements. We're wanting to be at the polls, poll-watching. It's exciting because we've got these guys saying, What can I do now? Getting on the phone, texting, getting people to do the same thing that they've done. Helping people get to the polls. They've taken this seriously. I'm loving it."



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