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The Republican National Committee (RNC) sued the Milwaukee Elections Committee (MEC) Monday for the city’s plan to limit poll watchers in some precincts on Election Day.
The lawsuit came after the MEC announced over the weekend that some precincts may be limited to only one Republican and one Democratic poll watcher on Election Day.
“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,” RNC Chairman Michael Whatley and Co-Chair Lara Trump said in a statement.
“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. This lawsuit will compel officials in Milwaukee to ensure robust poll watcher access for the Republican Party,” they added.
Further, the MEC has not disclosed which precincts would be affected, reducing transparency in the election process. The situation could leave locations without an official RNC poll watcher to observe the process, the RNC noted.
In addition, outside groups would be denied the ability to observe the elections, creating a concern the RNC argued must be immediately reversed.
The lawsuit came on the same day Whatley announced an election integrity win, revealing that the Georgia Supreme Court will not allow Cobb County to count 3,000 late absentee ballots after Election Day.
The news came three days after the Georgia Board of Elections said it was sending absentee ballots late and planned to accept them until Nov. 8 as long as they were postmarked by Nov. 5.
“HUGE election integrity victory in Georgia. Democrat-run Cobb County wanted to accept 3,000 absentee ballots AFTER the Election Day deadline. We took this case to the Georgia Supreme Court,” Whatley posted to X.
“We just got word that we WON the case. Election Day is Election Day — not the week after. We will keep fighting, keep winning, and keep sharing updates,” he added.
The initial ruling to extend the return of absentee ballots until Nov. 8 came after the American Civil Liberties Union and the Southern Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit to change the deadline.
