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WATCH: People are dancing in the streets as they wait to vote
By Kelsie Smith, CNN
WATCH: People are dancing in the streets as they wait to vote
How do you kill time while waiting in the early voting line? Try the Mississippi cha cha slide a whole new meaning to the right and left when it comes to voting. Seems like this from Philadelphia were inspired by Joy to the polls, sort of roving concert, entertaining lines of voters. We want to make it as fun as possible and just motivate people to stay in mind. So he was just somebody who was waiting in line, and that video went viral. I can't get over how long that guy's legs are posted. One. Admire across the country in Portland, Oregon, a guy who calls himself to less legs was also getting serenade way. Got somebody here voting today for the first stop. Never have music and voting seemed in such harmony from a marching band. Yeah, outside early voting in Brooklyn to an activist doing a little ballot ballet in New Jersey to a nonprofit delivering free pizzas, tow lines of voters with a side helping of salsa, the organizer of joy to the polls made clear, even though we are bringing joy, I wish we didn't have Thio, she wishes voters weren't forced to wait for hours Joy to the polls Sent up a drone. Good time. Come on. What? Thio Capture the long lines and dancing voters instead of that kind of pole dancing, Get your booties to the pole. This type of pole dancing is G rated. Jeannie Moos, CNN, New York.
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WATCH: People are dancing in the streets as they wait to vote
By Kelsie Smith, CNN
With only a week left until Election Day and more than 60 million votes already cast, early voters are finding joyful ways to turn long voting lines into a celebration.Early voting is rising around the country amid the continuing coronavirus pandemic, with states reporting record voting turnouts by mail or early in person before Election Day in November.Among those waiting in line: New York voter Rhonda Le, who turned up to vote at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Saturday.While in line, Le spotted and captured video of Brooklyn United, a lively youth marching band, parading down the street alongside dancers to provide energy to voters."The dancers definitely brought energy and positivity to those who have been waiting for hours in line," Le, who posted video of the band on Instagram, told CNN. "There were people clapping and dancing as the dancers and band went by."Dolores McMullan, another New York voter, said the line was already around the block when she arrived 15 minutes before her polling station at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Brooklyn opened Saturday morning.During her almost hour-long wait to cast her vote, she spotted a fellow Brooklynite two spots ahead of her in line, who spent the wait dancing the time away. She shared a video of the moment online."The woman in my video was bopping for pretty much the full hour of waiting, but she had earbuds in, so she was dancing by herself," said McMullan.In Pennsylvania, a line of voters broke out into a full line dance of the "Cha Cha Slide" outside a polling station in Philadelphia on Saturday.The Resistance Revival Chorus, which took part in the celebration, posted a video of the dance to Twitter.Election Defenders, a group of volunteers fighting voter harassment and intimidation, brought music to that particular Philadelphia polling center as part of its movement called Joy to the Polls.The initiative serves as a way to push back against voter suppression and intimidation across the country by filling the voting experience with music, Election Defenders Campaign Director Nelini Stamp told CNN."Because we know that voter suppression efforts especially in Black and Brown communities have a long history in this country and, particularly living in a global pandemic right now," Stamp said, "our effort to bring music to people who are going to be waiting in long lines at the polling places (is) so we can we can do something for the voters on Election Day."

With only a week left until Election Day and , early voters are finding joyful ways to turn long voting lines into a celebration.

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Early voting is rising around the country amid the continuing coronavirus pandemic, with states reporting record voting turnouts by mail or early in person before Election Day in November.

Among those waiting in line: New York voter Rhonda Le, who turned up to vote at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Saturday.

While in line, Le spotted and captured video of , a lively youth marching band, parading down the street alongside dancers to provide energy to voters.

"The dancers definitely brought energy and positivity to those who have been waiting for hours in line," Le, who posted video of the band on, told CNN. "There were people clapping and dancing as the dancers and band went by."

Dolores McMullan, another New York voter, said the line was already around the block when she arrived 15 minutes before her polling station at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Brooklyn opened Saturday morning.

During her almost hour-long wait to cast her vote, she spotted a fellow Brooklynite two spots ahead of her in line, who spent the wait . She shared a video of the moment online.

"The woman in my video was bopping for pretty much the full hour of waiting, but she had earbuds in, so she was dancing by herself," said McMullan.

In Pennsylvania, a line of voters broke out into a full line dance of the "Cha Cha Slide" outside a polling station in Philadelphia on Saturday.

The Resistance Revival Chorus, which took part in the celebration,.

Election Defenders, a group of volunteers fighting voter harassment and intimidation, brought music to that particular Philadelphia polling center as part of its movement called .

The initiative serves as a way to push back against voter suppression and intimidation across the country by filling the voting experience with music, Election Defenders Campaign Director Nelini Stamp told CNN.

"Because we know that voter suppression efforts especially in Black and Brown communities have a long history in this country and, particularly living in a global pandemic right now," Stamp said, "our effort to bring music to people who are going to be waiting in long lines at the polling places (is) so we can we can do something for the voters on Election Day."