Milwaukee election panel approves rules

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In the wake of the state's hotly contested Supreme Court race, a sharply divided Milwaukee Election Commission voted along party lines Thursday to prohibit its own members from speaking to reporters or seeking aid from law enforcement agencies on the commission's behalf.

Robert Spindell, the lone Republican on the three-member panel, angrily accused majority Democrats of trying to muzzle him, while the two Democratic commissioners insisted they were trying to prevent chaos from individual commissioners "going rogue."

Both sides told each other they should be ashamed of themselves, with Spindell backed by conservatives - primarily suburban residents - in the audience.

The debate reflected long-standing controversy over Milwaukee elections. In recent years, Republicans have claimed vote fraud in the largely Democratic city, while Democrats have pointed to repeated investigations that found few instances of such problems.

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This story is dated yesterday and there's no time stamp. I haven't seen it posted here.


Edit: I forgot the link.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/119889939.html