In U.S. swing states, officials brace for conspiracy theories and violence


  • World
  • Wednesday, 30 Oct 2024

FILE PHOTO: Workers separate ballots from envelopes during a guided tour for the news media at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center (MCTEC) in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. October 23, 2024. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo

DETROIT (Reuters) - With the U.S. election just days away, officials in the most competitive battleground states are bracing for misinformation, conspiracy theories, threats and possible violence.

In Philadelphia, Detroit and Atlanta, three of former President Donald Trump’s favorite targets for false claims of voter fraud, officials have fortified their operations against a repeat of the chaos of 2020. Philadelphia’s ballot-counting warehouse is now surrounded by fencing topped with barbed wire. In Detroit and Atlanta, some election offices are protected by bullet-proof glass.

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