A Wisconsin city is forging ahead with ballot collection efforts at a park Saturday despite state Republican lawmakers sending a cease-and-desist letter to the city clerk's office to stop the initiative. State GOP officials say that the event, which is intended to remove potential voter hurdles associated with casting absentee ballots, is considered ballot harvesting and illegal early voting. “Poll workers will attempt to collect absentee ballots at over 200 unsecured, outdoor locations, and only deliver these ballots to the City Clerk’s Office at the end of the six-hour campaign,” Tseytlin, wrote in the letter to City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl. Wisconsin, a battleground state that President Trump marginally won in 2016, is expected to be a crucial race between him and Democratic opponent Joe Biden. CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APPDespite Republicans saying that ballots would not be protected during the six-hour event, the city clerk's office invited all lawmakers to attend the events to ensure they were being carried out with the appropriate oversight.

Source: Fox News September 26, 2020 18:00 UTC