Group of Milwaukee-area residents file suit seeking revote for spring election

The scene outside of the Riverside High School polling location on Milwaukee's east side on April 7, 2020. Photo by Adam Kelnhofer.

Alleging inaction by lawmakers in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic disenfranchised “thousands” of electors, a group of 14 Milwaukee-area residents is asking a federal court for a revote.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Madison ahead of today’s 4 p.m. embargo on election results, is the first formal legal challenge to the April 7 election.
It calls on the court to order either a “comp...

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