Daniel Funke

When Stephen Richer first campaigned to run elections in Arizona's largest county, the Republican official never expected to receive death threats for simply correcting misinformation about voting.

Voters in Maricopa County, the largest in the US swing state of Arizona, will play a key role in deciding whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump wins the White House in November.

As the United States hurtles towards a presidential election this November between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump, AFP has been taking the temperature in key counties of seven battleground states.

A dozen Republican women filed past wrought-iron fences and barbed wire to tour a sun-drenched building in Maricopa County, Arizona -- not a prison, but an election site.

Illegal immigration is a big Republican talking point in the US presidential election, with Donald Trump's campaign amplifying social media rumors that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio are stealing and eating people's pets. But authorities in the US state told AFP they have received no such reports and none of the purported evidence cited online supports the claims.

Four years after a US presidential race awash with misinformation, Americans face more of the same in the closing weeks of this year's campaign, with claims about ballot irregularities and fraud likely to dominate.- 'Kind of laughable' - The last presidential election was the most secure in American history, according to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

Four years after a US presidential race awash with misinformation, Americans face more of the same in the closing weeks of this year's campaign, with claims about ballot irregularities and fraud likely to dominate.

Four years after a US presidential race awash with misinformation, Americans face more of the same in the closing weeks of this year's campaign, with claims about ballot irregularities and fraud ...

Before polls opened November 5, 2024 in the knife-edge US presidential race, social media users shared a video of a man claiming voters in the state

Before polls opened November 5, 2024 in the knife-edge US presidential race, social media users shared a video of a man claiming voters in the state of South Carolina can only cast ballots from their cars -- and that local election officials are making their selections for them. Authorities have refuted the allegations, telling AFP that while citizens with disabilities and those aged 65 and older can request assistance, most vote inside polling locations.