During a special election in Wisconsin over the summer, a group of partisan poll watchers showed up at a handful of precincts in Glendale, a suburb of Milwaukee, and created chaos by contesting every absentee ballot that was cast.
After they were reminded repeatedly about the rules against making meritless ballot challenges, the groups of poll watchers “turned disruptive,” according to Glendale Mayor Bryan Kennedy.
They didn’t, and the police were called,” Kennedy told CNN, adding that once police arrived, the observers left peacefully.
Some context: Poll watchers are a key component of election transparency, and both Democrats and Republicans have built out their ranks of volunteers and lawyers to observe polling places and vote counting centers.
Read more about how election workers are preparing for poll watchers here.
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“, Glendale Mayor Bryan Kennedy, ” Kennedy, —, Trump, Joe Biden —, Read
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Glendale Mayor, CNN, Republicans, battlegrounds
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Wisconsin, Glendale, Milwaukee
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