Michelle Obama campaign enlists drag queens and free prize draws in bid to boost turnout in swing states

Michelle Obama's elector mobilization run is turning to resistance queens and escaped prize draws successful a bid to boost elector turnout successful cardinal battleground states.

The erstwhile archetypal woman founded When We All Vote in 2018 and the enactment is readying to big 500 'Party astatine the Polls' events earlier predetermination day. The events volition instrumentality spot crossed states including Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Nevada.

One specified lawsuit successful Arizona, which took spot connected October 18, featured Drag Out the Vote, a radical of resistance performers advocating for LGBTQ+ voters. Notable resistance queens specified arsenic Barbra Seville, crowned 'Miss Gay Southern America,' and Afrika America led the show. A amusement connected October 29 successful Nevada volition diagnostic Plasma, a queen from RuPaul's Drag Race.

WWAV besides announced that registered voters and volunteers with the enactment tin participate a sweepstake for a accidental to spot Cardi B execute astatine ONE MusicFest successful Atlanta aboriginal this month. The prize includes 2 tickets to the festival and up to $1,200 successful question recognition for the winner. 

The inaugural volition apt punctual accusations of hypocrisy from Republicans aft Democrats condemned efforts by Elon Musk to incentivize elector registration among cohorts of voters apt to backmost Donald Trump. The billionaire's America PAC has been cautioned by the Justice Department implicit the scheme, which includes currency giveaways of $1 cardinal per day.

Speaking to DailyMail.com, Afrika America said: 'We are successful the combat of our lifetime, we're seeing attacks connected bodily autonomy, attacks against LGBTQIA people, and we privation to marque definite we ballot for our champion interests, truthful sashay to the polls!' 

Barbara Seville added: 'Drag has been villainized by politicians successful caller years, truthful I thought, wherefore not crook it astir and usage the precise happening they knock to assistance decision them? It's a amusive and ironic mode to propulsion back.'

WWAV, which states that it is simply a non-partisan initiative, said that their extremity was to marque aboriginal voting a festive juncture that 'brings communities unneurotic to formed their ballots early.' 

The erstwhile archetypal woman shared with her 22 cardinal societal media followers that she would beryllium be astatine different WWAV rally successful Georgia connected October 29.

'With aboriginal voting already underway, it's important that radical marque a program to ballot by election day,' she wrote successful her post.

Plasma announced she volition beryllium performing successful a amusement called The Democracy Ball successful October alongside comedian Ilana Glazer and DJ Luis Fernando. Malcolm Kenyatta, a Pennsylvania authorities typical who is moving for Auditor General, volition besides beryllium successful attendance.

'The predetermination doesn't commencement connected Election Day — it ends connected Election Day,' WWAV Executive Director Beth Lynk said successful a property release.

'Mrs. Obama, our co-chairs and ambassadors, and voters volition each travel unneurotic to observe Georgia.' 

DailyMail.com reached retired to WWAV for comment.