Wisconsin Republicans allege anti-GOP bias in latest election challenge

From left, poll workers at UW-Madison, register student voters on the campus in Madison, Wisconsin, on 2 April. Photograph: John Hart/AP

Wisconsin Republicans have hit the state election commission with complaints alleging that officials in the state’s two largest cities illegally rejected Republican applicants for poll worker positions for the primary election.

The complaints, filed by the Milwaukee county Republican party and Dane county Republican party, claim officials in Milwaukee and Madison violated state law by not contacting eligible Republicans nominated by their party to work the polls. The move furthers the GOP strategy of questioning election processes in key battleground states.