MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WBAY) – The Republican National Committee filed a lawsuit Monday against the Milwaukee Election Commission.

The RNC claims the election commission was “arbitrarily limiting the number of observers” at polling places across the city during in-person early voting.

It alleges that the city’s election commission only allowed access to three polling places and limited them to one observer per political party, in violation of state law.

The RNC is asking a court to order the Milwaukee Election Commission “to allow the public to observe all public aspects of the voting process,” according to the lawsuit.

Representatives for the Milwaukee Election Commission could not immediately be reached for comment, but the RNC’s lawsuit claims the commission plans to continue to limit the number of observers on Election Day based on “l ‘space, access, number of voters and other prevailing circumstances’.

The RNC also filed a lawsuit against Racine in September, claiming the city failed to hire enough Republican election inspectors for the August primary election.

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