Letters: Republicans shouldn’t have filed frivolous election lawsuit in the first place

By filing a seemingly frivolous lawsuit against the Milwaukee Election Commission on the day before a presidential election , the Republican National Committee likely interfered with the commission's ability to prepare for that election (" RNC walks back claims in lawsuit, " Nov. 6).

Rather than answering critical legal questions from election officials and responding to recently-issued advice from the Wisconsin Elections Commission, Milwaukee's attorneys were required to spend their time on an ill-advised lawsuit as to which the RNC now admits, "There seem to be no issues."

It seems like the RNC shouldn't have filed a lawsuit to start with, doesn't it?

Joanne Brown, Madison

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This originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Letters: Republican lawyers backtracked on election claims in court

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