How a rave with Bill Nye and Quavo turned out droves of early voters at City Hall
One approach to getting Philadelphia’s more than 1.1 million registered voters to cast their ballots: pole dancers, Bill Nye, and a rave with Quavo.
That was theme of a dance party at LOVE Park Tuesday morning, where the rapper joined Nye, Sixers Reggie Jackson and KJ Martin, a stilt walker, and a brass band to march hundreds of people across the street to City Hall to vote ahead of the Nov. 5 general election.
The unconventional rally was the most recent stop on a tour hosted by the Civic Responsibility Project and professional party company Daybreaker, which have put on nonpartisan raves in over 32 cities across the United States since September to boost voter engagement in battleground states.
It was the latest extravagant event to leverage the debatably influential power of celebrity for the sake of targeting Pennsylvania’s fractured electorate. Across the state, civic engagement initiatives have joined high-profile rallies for Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump to inundate residents with one message: Vote, just like your favorite famous person.
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