The Major League Baseball responded to calls to boycott the state of Georgia because of a controversial new voter identification law, moving the All-Star game out of Peach state.
But the teams still require fans to show photo identification to collect their tickets at the Will Call booth.
Republic of South Carolina Republican Nancy Mace posted the league on Twitter.
“Hey @MLB, is that you?” she wrote, along with a screen shot of the Will Call policy at mlb.com
The league did not respond to several requests for an explanation of its photo identification policy for ticket retrieval.
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Proponents of the decision to abandon Atlanta’s Truist Park for this year’s All-Star Game argued that Georgia’s new electoral integrity law, supported by the Republican Party, is a form of repression against voters and is racist. President Biden even called him “Jim Crow in the 21st Century”.
Georgia’s new law comes after Democrats won both Senate contests in the second round and President Biden defeated former President Trump on election day.
Georgia’s electoral reform project expands the number of early voting days, allows for counting of votes, prohibits the taking of votes and continues to allow voters to vote absent without excuse, but requires proof of identification, among other measures .
It also gives the State Electoral Board more authority over counties.
Another feature would prevent anyone from distributing food and drink to people waiting in line to vote.
The movement attracted national attention, with praise from the left and criticism from the right.
Former President Donald Trump called for a boycott of the national pastime and other “agreed” corporations – while former President Barack Obama praised him as a way to honor the Atlanta Braves’ most famous Hall of Fame.
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“There is no better way for America’s pastime to honor the great Hank Aaron, who has always set an example,” Obama tweeted on Saturday.
Governor Brian Kemp wrote in an opinion piece on Fox News on Wednesday that Democrats falsely characterized the bill he signed.
“These reforms have nothing to do with ‘suppression of voters’ or ‘Jim Crow’,” he argued. “The Electoral Integrity Law makes it easier to vote by expanding access to the ballot box and more difficult to cheat by ensuring the security of the ballot box.”