TEXAS (September 30, 2020) – Gathered for a larger cause than Texas, 10 professional sports groups and five civic organizations across the state presented the #TexasTeamUp crusade to inspire unprecedented voter turnout in the 2020 election cycle.
The League of Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the Texas League of Women Voters, MOVE Texas, Texas NAACP and the Urban League have partnered with 10 professional sports for the campaign: Austin Spurs, Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Mavericks, Dallas. Wings, Houston Dash, Houston Dynamo, San Antonio FC, San Antonio Spurs, Texas Legends and Texas Rangers.
“We are proud to join this coalition to inspire Texas to go out and vote,” said RC Buford, CEO of Spurs Sports.
The campaign, which will come with joint efforts to teach the electorate and raise awareness of each organization through marketing and social media, was created to inspire the eligible electorate to prepare and participate in the upcoming elections. To learn more about upcoming elections, add dates. , surveys and candidate data, visit MOVETexas. org or My. LWV. org/Texas.
“Texas NAACP is proud to enroll in the Texas Professional Sports Teams, Texas Women’s League of Voters, LULAC, urban league, and MOVE Texas to inspire all other eligible people to register to vote and then vote,” said Gary, President of the Texas NAACP Bledsoe. “This component recognizes our non-unusual social fabric in which we are all a component and how, at times like the presidential election, we are bigger and more powerful as a country if we all vote and count our votes. Reduce noise, plan your vote and just vote. “