Over 100+ Venues Being Explored as Polling Sites
Paid Time Off for Employees to Vote and Volunteer as Poll
Workers
Promoting Voter Registration and Voter Turn-out via Civic
Engagement Campaigns
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Live Nation today
announced several initiatives to encourage civic engagement and
support access to voting in the 2020 elections. These initiatives
include using Live Nation-owned concert venues as polling places,
providing employees with paid time off to vote, incentivizing
employees to serve as poll workers, and partnering with
organizations on voter access and educational efforts.
"Core to what we do at Live Nation is helping amplify voices on
stage around the world, and supporting voting is another important
way we want to continue making voices heard,"
said Michael Rapino,
President and CEO of Live Nation. "We're honored to work with
such incredible partners and will do everything in our power to
support and empower voter engagement among our employees and
the public."
Live Nation is working with local officials to examine the
feasibility of using more than 100 Live Nation venues across the
country as polling places. To date, The Wiltern and Hollywood
Palladium in Los Angeles, Emo's in
Austin and the Buckhead Theatre in
Atlanta are confirmed to serve as
polling sites in their respective jurisdictions, and The
Fillmore has been offered with
warm reception to serve its local neighborhood in Philadelphia and is in the final stages of the
vetting process.
"Live Nation is going above and beyond by recognizing that
elections are about more than just polling places. They're about
our communities," said Al
Schmidt, City Commissioner of Philadelphia. "Live Nation is really
stepping up to help during this challenging time - and we are
grateful."
"We are proud to partner with Live Nation and announce The
Hollywood Palladium and The Wiltern will be Vote Centers in the
upcoming Presidential General Election," said Dean C. Logan, Los Angeles County
Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. "Live Nation has stepped up to
the mic in providing our community safe in-person voting
experiences at two iconic music venues. It is collaborations such
as this that demonstrate the spirit of community engagement and the
strength of our democracy."
To support these efforts, the company is partnering with More
Than A Vote, a coalition of Black athletes and artists
dedicated to protecting voting rights, and Civic Alliance, a
nonpartisan coalition of businesses working together to build a
future where everyone can vote, volunteer, and take action to shape
our country.
"By converting their concert venues into voting locations, Live
Nation is creating a safe and convenient way for people to exercise
their right to vote this fall," said Michael Tyler, EVP of Public Affairs More Than A
Vote. "Similar to the sports arenas More Than A Vote has worked
to convert into voting locations, many of Live Nation's venues are
located in the heart of the communities that we are committed to
empowering in this election and offer the same COVID protections
due to their large capacity."
As it usually does, Live Nation will provide up to one half-day
of paid time off to all employees on Election Day. Furthermore, in
an effort to address the national shortage of poll workers caused
by the COVID-19 pandemic, Live Nation will provide any active
employee with a full day of paid time off to serve at the polls.
The company is partnering with Power the Polls to track
employee participation and meet the needs for poll workers in
communities across the nation.
Leading up to Election Day, Live Nation has also partnered with
HeadCount, a non-partisan organization to use the power of
music and amplify artist voices to inspire fans to register to vote
and promote participation in democracy. Citizens can visit
www.headcount.org/livenation to check their voter registration
status and learn how to exercise their right to vote in
November.
About Live Nation Entertainment
Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the world's leading
live entertainment company comprised of global market leaders:
Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media &
Sponsorship. For additional information, visit
www.livenationentertainment.com.
About More Than A Vote
More than a Vote, a non-profit coalition of Black athletes and
artists working together to educate, energize and protect young
communities of color by fighting the lies and systemic, racist
voter suppression that stands in the way of Black voices being
heard.
About the Civic Alliance
The Civic Alliance is a nonpartisan business coalition that
strengthens our democracy by supporting safe, trusted, and
accessible elections and inspiring every American to participate in
shaping our country's future. Founded by the CAA Foundation and
Democracy Works, the Civic Alliance cultivates a community of
companies united by a shared belief that an active democracy is
good for business and an engaged business community is good for
democracy. With its valuable tools, resources, events, and
partnership opportunities, the Civic Alliance helps its more than
150 member companies engage their employees and consumers as active
participants in civic life. Join us at civicalliance.com.
About Power the Polls
Power the Polls is a first-of-its-kind initiative to
recruit poll workers to ensure a safe, fair election for all
voters. Amidst a nationwide poll worker shortage, Power the Polls
is part of the solution through education, recruitment, and
business engagement. Power the Polls was launched in June 2020 by a coalition of businesses and
nonprofits, including Civic Alliance, Comedy
Central, Fair Elections Center, Levi Strauss &
Co, MTV, Patagonia, Pizza to the Polls, Time To
Vote, Uber, and We Can
Vote. The website utilizes data from Work Elections, a
unique website developed by Fair Elections Center that centralizes
information on poll worker requirements and links to applications
for more than 4,000 election jurisdictions around the country.
About HeadCount.org
HeadCount is a non-partisan, non-profit organization that
promotes participation in democracy through music, culture, and
digital media. Since 2004 the organization has registered over
700,000 voters and worked with a long list of musicians and
partners including Ariana Grande,
Billie Eilish, Camila Cabello,
Dave Matthews Band, JAY-Z, Beyoncé,
March for Our Lives, RuPaul's DragCon, MTV, and Dead & Company.
With 40,000 volunteers, street teams in most major U.S. cities, and
presence at more than 1,000 events each year, HeadCount ranks as
one of the most active grassroots civic participation organizations
in the United States. Following
COVID-19 restrictions, the organization quickly pivoted to an
all-digital approach that led to innovation and online initiatives
to fill the needs of the public in using their voices in democracy.
For more information, visit HeadCount.org.
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