An agreement? Not really

Greg Borowski and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel are back today with more on Milwaukee's election problems (give the Journal Sentinel credit for unleashing Borowski on this story). Today they go back to the 5,619 bad addresses that state Republicans challenged prior to the election, and which the Milwaukee Election Commission refused to toss out. The agreement that had been struck stated that elections workers would ask for ID from those trying to vote from the 5619 addresses on that list. They found that at least 186 votes came from bad addresses on that list anyway.

That led GOP officials to question Tuesday whether the city complied with its later agreement to have poll workers seek identification from anyone who attempted to vote from those addresses.

Borowski also looks into whether the city did comply or not:

Graber and other party officials have said they received reports from poll watchers in the city that the lists of questionable addresses were not being used at some of the wards or were delivered late.

Give Borowski (and any assisting staff) his due. He is doing some first rate work on these stories. See also his accompanying story on loopholes in state election law.