Voting rally arrests:

A get-out-the vote rally in the swing state of North Carolina on Saturday ended with police using pepper spray on some participants andmaking several arrests.

Multiple people were arrested outside Alamance County’s courthouse and police used pepper spray to disperse the crowd, news outlets reported.

Lindsay Ayling, a graduate student who participated in the rally, told The Associated Press police used tear gas indiscriminately and without reason on the crowd, including on children. .

Police did not immediately comment, but the department said it planned to hold a news conference Saturday afternoon to discuss the arrests.