Coyotes working to turn Gila River Arena into polling station for election

The Arizona Coyotes are taking action in the fight against racial injustice.

"We are committed to being a part of the solution to drive positive change and are working with the City of Glendale to make Gila River Arena a polling station for the 2020 election," the club said in a statement Thursday night.

The Coyotes added their full support of NHL players and the Hockey Diversity Alliance, and the team embraces their "responsibility to all communities of color to not stay silent."

NHL players, in partnership with the HDA, drove the league to postpone its games through Friday in response to similar actions taken by players in several leagues, including the NBA, WNBA, and MLB. The Milwaukee Bucks started the historic movement following the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Voter suppression, which often includes the elimination of polling stations, has disproportionately affected Black and other minority voters, according to the ACLU.

Last year, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights found southern U.S. states have closed nearly 1,200 polling places since 2013 after the Supreme Court struck down part of the Voting Rights Act, according to Reuters' Andy Sullivan.

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Dodgers also partnered recently to create a polling place at Dodger Stadium for the upcoming federal election.