It's almost time for the US election on November 5 that many see as a consequential one for the country - and the world. These Miami voters in the state of Florida are literally dancing to the ballot box, part of an early voting campaign called Souls to the Polls.
Sharina Perez is one of them.
"Yeah, it's my first time voting."
Early voting has also been a key focus in Ohio.
Antone White is the director of the Franklin County Board of Elections.
"We feel good about it. There's a lot of people coming out to vote. That's exciting. A lot of people started queuing up around 10am this morning so we've just started voting, so this line will move very quickly and these voters will have an opportunity to vote."
These voters are part of the 73 million people across the United States who have already cast their ballots.
That's over 48 per cent of the nearly 155 million people who voted in 2020.
Much of that early voting turnout could be due to the efforts of local groups like the Ohio Unity Coalition in Columbus.
Organiser Tracy Heard says they have worked hard to raise awareness of voting options.
"As we've been driving, you know, we've tossed out fliers. You know, a partner would jump out and hand fliers to people giving them information and everything... We had a lot of people coming out on porches. You know, we had bullhorns - giving them the information about early voting and how to find their polling location and all of that... So a lot of people saw us. How many people we drive to the polls, we don't actually know. But that was the purpose of the day."
These early voting campaigns - and the march in Florida - not only highlight the effectiveness of voter turnout campaigns.
They also represent the crucial role that black voters are playing in this presidential election.
In a nation where voting is not compulsory, their decision to cast a ballot - and who they vote for - has been heavily scrutinised because of the pivotal role they could play in deciding the electoral college result.
That's part of the reason why Democratic nominee Kamala Harris has made one of her final campaign appearances in a majority black church in Michigan, one of the battleground states.
It's the fourth Sunday she has gone to a black church in a swing state, with a message of hope - and faith.
"As I travel across our beautiful nation - from state to state and church to church, I see faith in action in remarkable ways. I see a nation determined to turn the page on hatred and division and chart a new way forward."
Harris has held multiple events in these crucial swing states, appealing to voters to reject the Republican's so-called scorched earth brand of politics.
"We have an opportunity to finally turn the page on a decade of Donald Trump trying to keep us divided and afraid of each other. We are done with it. We are exhausted with it. We are turning the page."
Harris also had a lighter moment - going to New York to appear on the iconic Saturday Night Live show opposite Maya Rudolph.
But Donald Trump has been striking a darker tone in his final speeches and appearances.
While Harris has appealed to black church congregations, Trump has doubled down on his central campaign message aimed at mostly white evangelicals, that illegal immigration is swamping the country with violent criminals.
"November 5, 2024 will be Liberation Day in America. Liberation Day. And on day one I will launch the largest deportation program in American history. I will rescue every city and town that has been invaded and conquered. These towns have been conquered. Think of what that means."
In North Carolina, Trump has conjured an apocalyptic vision where Harris would spark what he has described as "a 1929-style economic depression" and "World War III."
And perhaps as part of his appeal to male voters, he's told women he will keep them safe.
"I'm going to do it whether the women like it or not. I'm going to protect them. I'm going to protect them from migrants coming in. I'm going to protect them from foreign countries that want to hit us, hit us with missiles and lots of other things."
Trump has continued his battle rhetoric with a profane and conspiracy-laden speech in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, suggesting he "shouldn't have left" the White House after his 2020 loss - and talking about reporters being shot.
"To get me, somebody would have to shoot through the fake news. And I don't mind that so much. I don't mind. I don't mind that."
It's anybody's guess if these messages from the respective campaigns are making an impression on undecided voters.
Lansing Michigan homemaker Erika Brandi-Weiss says Trump's comments about women have been a turnoff for her.
"I think that it's just gone too far crazy. (Trump) speaking about women and speaking to women and saying these very inflammatory things about not only women, but other minority groups or, you know, people that just might need some help."
But in the handful of critical states framing the 2024 race, there is little daylight between the rivals.
Opinion polls show the pair locked in a tight race splintering along gendered lines, with Trump gaining ground with Hispanic voters, especially men, and Democrat Vice President Harris bolstered by strong support among women.
The one poll that shows Harris with a clear lead has come from a surprise source - Iowa.
But that has been rejected by Trump and his supporters, Georgia voter Dawn Davenport saying they believe it's a trick.
"I think it's (the polls are) skewed toward her (Democratic candidate Kamala Harris) to try to get us not to come to vote."
Meanwhile, in a repeat of tactics used in 2020, Donald Trump has continued to claim the 2024 election is being stolen from him.
The candidate has told supporters in Pennsylvania they should be ready for whatever happens.
"We have got all this crap going on - with the press (media) and the fake stuff. And fake polls. And by the way, the polls are just as corrupt as some of the writers back there. They can make those polls sing, they can make them sing. They brag about it."
Republicans are also laying the ground for rejecting the result in the event Mr Trump loses.
In recent days, prominent Trump supporters Elon Musk and US House Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene have revived the debunked allegations that results from Dominion voting machines cannot be trusted.
Staff at US voting machine companies are now reportedly removing public information about themselves from the internet, making contingency plans with local law enforcement ahead of the election because they suffered harassment after the 2020 result.
Rhetoric from some Trump supporters - like Renee White from Georgia - does appear reminiscent of the aftermath of the 2020 election.
"Trump's going to win this. We might have a fight before it's over, but I'm not worried, because we are going to prevail. Because, you know why? God has us, and every part of this is going to be biblical... Just like when he got up and he said, ‘Fight, fight, fight’, the warriors will carry on. Period."
But others - like Gilberto Toro from New Jersey - say they believe the transition will be peaceful, whoever wins.
"A free, fair election, peaceful transition. However it comes, I think that's how it should be and I'm very confident it will be.”
Doug Pratt is the Communications Director for the Michigan Education Association.
He says both candidates - and their ground campaign teams - are now working frantically in the last hours before November 5 to reach undecided voters.
Mr Pratt says he believes the final result will be close.
"And that's why events like today, I've been talking to people who've been out on the doors. There are more volunteers today than frankly in some places we have enough doors to knock, which is a good problem to have."
The final word goes to Michigan school bus driver Tom Moran.
He says while the polls suggest a close race, it's still anybody's game.
"It all depends on who shows up. I remember in 2016, 10,704 votes was the margin for Trump in Michigan. Never assume anything. The only poll that counts is on Election Day."
