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Steph Curry, Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul among athletes who want you to vote

The WNBA teamed up with Athletes Rock the Vote to urge young people to vote. (Screenshot, YouTube)
The WNBA teamed up with Athletes Rock the Vote to urge young people to vote. (Screenshot, YouTube)

Athletes are among the many taking to social media to share photos of “I voted” stickers while urging others to hit the polls for the 2018 midterms. While some are sharing who they voted for, most are pushing for more activism and turnout at the polls in a non-presidential year.

NBA, WNBA leads voter registration/turnout push

The Golden State Warriors are among the most politically active in the league and that begins at the top with head coach Steve Kerr. Kerr penned a piece with Sports Illustrated’s Chris Ballard that urged people to vote, writing “You’ve got the voice. Why not use it?”

“It’s the least we can do, considering people fought, and in many cases gave their lives, for our right to do this.”

Steph Curry teamed up with Chance the Rapper and Vote Save America to show people how to vote.

And the NBPA spent the week sharing stories and tweets of teams urging people to go out and vote.

Dwyane Wade disclosed his vote early Tuesday, then spent the morning retweeting basketball related tweets with “Go vote!

WNBA teams up with Rock the Vote

Rock the Vote teamed up with the Warriors last year for an Election Day video. This year it’s the WNBA players association (WNBPA) with Rebekkah Brunson, Chiney Ogwumike, Carolyn Swords, Renee Montgomery and Kayla McBride.

NFL players get out the vote

New Orleans Saints tight end Benjamin Watson urged people to vote in Peter King’s Football Morning in America, a portion of which was he retweeted Tuesday morning.

The NFLPA urged its players to vote.

Athletes share why they voted

Hundreds of other athletes are taking to social media to urge fans and followers to exercise their right to vote today during the midterm elections. Olympic alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin, 23, shared why she ultimately decided to vote instead of sitting it out.

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I was recently asked in an interview if I was going to vote, and I told the reporter I was not sure if I was going to, partially because there is such a negative atmosphere around politics in our nation, but mainly because it kind of scares me to voice my opinion if I am not 100% educated on every matter. It seems like so many people are all too comfortable forcing their opinion on everyone else, without having all of the facts or even understanding what they’re talking about, and I really didn’t want to be that person. But I have also seen and heard so many people speak out about important issues— issues that will decide the future of our country, and how we are able to live our lives. Perhaps the most important thing that I have heard is that if you are not willing to vote, then you can’t complain about the outcome. So, after I got home from Europe I opened my ballot and spent a lot of time looking into each candidate and measure on it. And today, I voted. I won’t claim to be a political expert on the issues in our country or the world. I certainly don’t have any answers. I’m a ski racer, not a politician. That said, it was so liberating to know that I can use my voice and my right to vote, so I know that I have done my best as an American citizen to attempt to make the difference for our future. The message I’d like to convey is pretty simple: Do your research to figure out what you want and believe and then go exercise your right (and privilege) to vote- wisely. Oh and be kind to each other. That’s pretty much it. 👍👍 #vote

A post shared by Mikaela Shiffrin ⛷💨 (@mikaelashiffrin) on Nov 5, 2018 at 9:16am PST

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