Toyota Center will serve as a voting center for the upcoming 2020 Presidential Election, the Rockets and the Harris County Clerk office announced on Thursday.
Toyota Center will be open to any registered voter in Harris County from Oct. 13 to 30 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for early voting and on Election Day, Nov. 3, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
“On behalf of the Houston Rockets, and Toyota Center, we are honored to help serve our community by providing a safe and convenient location for Harris County voters for the upcoming Presidential election,” Doug Hall, General Manager & Senior Vice President of Toyota Center said. “Voting is an extremely important right which many have fought hard for throughout the years and we want to thank the Harris County Clerk office for allowing the Rockets and Toyota Center to offer support.”
The Rockets and Houston First will provide free parking at Toyota Center throughout the voting period.
The Rockets have also partnered with I am a voter. (iamavoter.com), a nonpartisan movement that works to enhance awareness and participation in the voting process. Fans may text ROCKETS to 26797 to confirm their voter registration status.
“Our elections this November will be historic – not only because we are electing the President of the United States, but also because we must meet the challenge as a community to ensure that every Harris County voter can cast their vote safely,” Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins said. “I’m thrilled that Toyota Center, home to our beloved Houston Rockets, will be a voting center during the Early Voting Period and on Election Day.”
Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni has advocated for participation in the election, wearing shirts with messaging about voting and speaking out on the importance of voting since the NBA restart.
“It’s fundamental to our democracy,” D’Antoni said last month. “One thing that’s not talked enough about, we don’t vote en masse enough. The percentage is way too low. Too many obstacles put in front of people to deny them their constitutional right to vote. We have to strive to do better.
“Everybody has the right to vote. I think that’s how things change. That’s how things get better. That’s how we get to a better place.”
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