Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes had been working diligently in trying to get out the vote, and that includes putting up his own money to open Arrowhead Stadium as a polling site.
The defending Super Bowl MVP and his foundation – “15 and the Mahomies -- split the $100,000 bill with the Chiefs that it cost to open the stadium as a polling site for Kansas City residents living in Jackson County, Missouri, per Fox 4 in Kansas City
“I thought it was very important, not only just to get as many people out to vote as possible, but also us a place as Arrowhead where we have a lot of fun, show a lot of love and unity with people are coming together, and use it as a place where we can come together to vote and user our voice,” he told NFL Network’s Jim Trotter on Tuesday. “I thought Arrowhead with the perfect place for it, and the Chiefs were all aboard with it and some other guys on the team, we all just made our efforts strong and really got it to eb a central point for everybody to go vote.”
Arrowhead was among several stadiums and arenas that opened as polling sites on Tuesday as record number of Americans came out to vote in the presidential election, but originally got some pushback as election board officials said there were not enough machines.
Mahomes and the Chiefs, however, still managed to make it work.
Mahomes has taken voter participation very seriously and has been working with LeBron James’ More Than a Vote campaign, which he spoke about with 610 Kansas City’s “The Drive” earlier this week.
Several Chiefs players, coaches and employees, including Andy Reid, cast their ballot at Arrowhead on Tuesday as well as Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas.
Chiefs president Mark Donovan was also among those who voted at Arrowhead and told the Kansas City Star he hopes to utilize it as a polling site again in the future.
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