The Republican National Committee sued election officials in Milwaukee on Monday, one day before the election, over allegations they have been unlawfully limiting poll watchers in at least three polling locations.
RNC attorneys wrote in a complaint that the deep-blue city’s Election Commission limited the number of poll watchers permitted in Serb Hall, Good Hope Library, and Capitol Drive Voting Center to two or four per location during early voting.
“Space for observers was arbitrarily limited,” the attorneys wrote, adding that the facilities “can accommodate far more observers” than what the commission permitted.
Poll watching in most states, including Wisconsin, is governed by state law. It typically involves the state granting access to a set number of designated Republican and Democratic poll watchers to observe voters at polling places on Election Day and…
