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The US election is on a knife edge.

My trip to Georgia showed how easily it could end in tragedy

To my right: a cluster of #election #conspiracy #theorists who still believe Donald Trump won in 2020.

To my left, a group of #voting #rights #campaigners, singing an old spiritual popularised during the civil rights era.

They were here to observe
🔥last-minute efforts by hard-right officials to alter the way in which votes will be counted next month.

The measures, many say, will sow doubt in this crucial swing state, 🆘creating chaos that is likely to favour Trump.

A man wearing a Trump T-shirt had weaved his way into the voting rights group
– most of whom were Black
– and was grinning with satisfied amusement.

Others started hanging pro-Trump flags behind them as police officers intervened.
The conspiracy theorists
– mostly white
– pointed and laughed