Election officials who back Trump’s “Big Lie” stir concern in swing states

FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at an event, at his golf resort in Doral, Florida, U.S., October 7, 2024. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo

ANN ARBOR, Michigan (Reuters) - In Michigan’s Macomb County, the Republican head of the board that will certify November’s election results called on former U.S. President Donald Trump to fight to stay in power after his election loss in 2020.

In North Carolina’s Henderson County, a Republican election board member emailed legislators in August to claim, without evidence, that Democrats were flooding the state with illegal votes.