Project HALO brings music and celebration to metro Atlanta polling places on Election Day

Music, dancing and bubbles greeted voters at polling locations across metro Atlanta on Tuesday as Project HALO volunteers worked to make Election Day a community celebration.The nonpartisan initiative organized activities at polling locations throughout the area, offering signs, snacks and entertainment to create a welcoming atmosphere for voters and their families.Assata Davis, who has volunteered with Project HALO several times, helped set up signs carrying messages such as "You belong at the polls.""We are a nonpartisan organization that helps celebrate voting and encourage voters," Davis said. "So we're stationed at different poll stations around Georgia, and we're just a celebratory presence that you see when you pull up to vote."For Davis, volunteering also offers an opportunity to connect with people she might not otherwise meet."It's so exciting to be able to go out and be stationed at a senior center, and you're seeing just people from all different walks of life and ages and