The Republican National Committee conceded in court Tuesday no elections observers were being restricted at Milwaukee’s polling places, walking back claims it made in a lawsuit filed a day earlier on the eve of the 2024 General Election.
The lawsuit was born out of concerns raised during the early in-person absentee voting period, and sought an “immediate” restraining order prohibiting the commission from imposing “arbitrary” restrictions on the number of observers at polling locations, among other relief.
Kevin M. Scott, a lawyer for the RNC, said during a motion hearing that RNC officials toured the city’s Central Count site Monday night and that he had been in contact with observers “at about 10 different sites” on Tuesday.
“There seems to be no issues.” Scott said. “The issues we believed were present are not present any more.”
“Our big concern is … there was some sort of citywide policy being ordered. But we’re seeing that’s not the case.”…