The USC’s Galen Center will serve as a polling place for the 2020 elections, the university’s sports branch announced Tuesday. The 10,000-seat stadium houses the Trojans’ men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball teams, but will serve as a polling station for five days from October. 30.
“USC Athletics is pleased to make its part in the election procedure by opening the Galen Center as a safe, convenient and available position to vote,” USC Athletic Director Mike Bohn said in a statement. “I am proud that this is the result of the efforts of our USC Athletic Black Lives Matter action team and our student-athletes. They recognize that constitutional voting rights are basic to our democracy and strongly in the use of their voices and actions. to help secure our country’s long term. “
Tuesday’s progression was successfully announced on National Voter Registration Day. It also aligns with usC’s recent focus on social justice issues and how those problems intersect with its student-athletes. Last month, Bohn announced that Trojan students will have the full opportunity to exercise their right to vote. November 3 by securing the day off for all sports activities. The USC’s athletic director thanked several Trojan teams at the time for turning his attention to the initiative.
“Thanks to the remarkable paintings of the USC Athletics Black Lives Matter action team, the ongoing discussion with the United Black Student-Athletes Association (UBSAA) and a deeper commitment to the Athletic Senate of Troy, we have jointly adopted this vote initiative, “Bohn” We have been very encouraged by the many tactics in which our student-athletes have discovered their voice in recent months and we know how essential it is to paint our right to vote. to magnify that voice. “
The USC Sports Department has also presented an initiative for each and every student-athlete eligible in their 21 sports to register to vote. team to vote So far, 8 USC groups have taken on this challenge.
The Galen Center is located across the street from the USC University Park campus, on the corner of Figueroa Street and Jefferson Boulevard. The voter front will be located on the south side of the building. Parking will be free for voters in the parking lot of Figueroa located at the USC Hotel.
Strict measures will be taken to allow in-person voting, add social distance, mandatory masking, sufficient ventilation and pedestrian traffic in one direction.
This is the first time the Galen Center has taken full advantage of the Los Angeles community. In April, the USC partnered with the American Red Cross to organize a blood donation campaign following COVID-19.
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