The Republican National Committee sued the Milwaukee Election Commission on Monday accusing it of “arbitrarily limiting” poll watchers.
The lawsuit claims that the city plans to restrict certain precincts in the Democrat-dominated city to just one Republican and one Democratic poll watcher on Election Day. Milwaukee election officials have denied all the allegations contained in the lawsuit.
“Wisconsin voters deserve to know that there are poll watchers from both parties in the room as votes are being cast and counted on Election Day. The RNC has not recruited and trained thousands of volunteers in the Badger State simply to back down from misguided officials who want to prevent a full measure of poll-watching transparency,” RNC Chair Michael Whatley said. “This lawsuit will compel officials in Milwaukee to ensure robust poll watcher access for the Republican Party.”
