On Friday, Major League Baseball announced they will be moving the all-star game and draft out of Atlanta.
“Major League Baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all Americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box,” said commissioner Rob Manfred.
The new host city will be announced soon.
This comes just days after organizations called for major sporting events to be moved out of Georgia after the state passed a controversial voting law Thursday.
The law bans handing out water and food to voters waiting in line at the polls and shortens runoff elections from nine weeks to four weeks. Under the law, ballot drop boxes are also limited. They will be placed at early voting locations but only available while the precincts are open.
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The last two MLB All-Star games generated more than $60 million for cities that hosted the event.