The Charlotte Post Life! THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2020 SECTION B Hornets launch voter initiative for elections By Ashley Mahoney
[email protected] FILE PHOTO The Charlotte Hornets are the latest professional sports franchise to unveil a voting initiative. UNCF’s annual Women Who Lead luncheon will take place Sept. 26 with a virtual format. “Swarm the Polls,” announced by Hornets Sports & Entertainment on Sept. 1, is designed to educate people about the importance of voting, how to prop- erly register, and encourage them to vote. Similar to UNCF’s fundraiser the Carolina Panthers’ “Your Vote Counts” initiative, “Swarm The Polls” targets voters in the Carolinas and creates a specific space on the Hornets’ website with voting resources where people can check their reg- istration status, find a polling place, request an ab- moves to virtual space sentee ballot and use links to register. “Swarm the Polls” extends across the Hornets, By Herbert L. White to www.uncf.org/mawwll. Glenda Baskin Glover, inter- Spectrum Center, the G-League Greensboro Swarm
[email protected] The event will also include a vir- national president of Alpha Kappa and the Hornets Venom GT, a digital gaming team. tual HaTitude competition to de- Alpha and Beverly Evans Smith, Sports venues like Spectrum Center, Bank of Amer- The Women Who Lead luncheon termine the fiercest headgear. You national president and CEO of ica Stadium and Bojangles’ Coliseum were approved is a virtual affair. must be registered for the lunch- Delta Sigma Theta. as early voting sites due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The annual UNCF fundraiser is eon and go to www.uncf.org/hati- The luncheon has also added a Mecklenburg County voters can cast ballots at any Sept.