Walker-Barrett ballot dispute heats up more; County, city accuse the other of trying to make election day controversy

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: October 14, 2004| Author: GREG J. BOROWSKI and DAVE UMHOEFER | Copyright information

Walker-Barrett ballot dispute heats up more

County, city accuse the other of trying to make election day controversy

As a ballot dispute heated up Wednesday, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett accused Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker of inviting election-night chaos by not printing as many ballots as city officials requested.

Walker said, in turn, that the blitz of accusations against him made him suspicious that somebody might invent shortages just to prove the argument t...

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