At the Trump rally in Michigan, talk of a stolen election still holds sway

Attendees were canvassed relentlessly to become poll workers - part of a strategy to undermine the state's election machinery

Hello, and happy Thursday,

Last Saturday, I spent the day at Donald Trump's rally in Washington, Michigan, a suburb about 45 minutes north of Detroit.

A federal judge didn't just strike down several new voting restrictions in Florida last week, but went even further and said the state had to pre-clear certain voting changes with his court for the next 10 years. Florida is appealing.

Trump allies are pushing to have jurisdictions count ballots by hand, something experts warn is prone to error and could be a recipe for some chaos".

Ohio officials are again making the case to the state supreme court for why they shouldn't be held in contempt for ignoring previous orders to make the state's legislative districts less distorted in favor of Republicans.

Texas rejected nearly 25,000 mail-in ballots in its 1 March primary, meaning the state had a staggeringly high 12.38% rejection rate.

Several Republican-led states have made it illegal to receive outside funding for elections, which will make it harder for local election offices to serve voters.