MILWAUKEE (AP) — A conservative group says $6.3 million in grants meant to help with November’s election in Wisconsin’s five largest cities amount to bribery to increase voter turnout in Democratic strongholds. The Wisconsin Voters Alliance is asking a federal judge to block the funding. The grants are from the nonprofit Center for Tech and Civic Life. In a lawsuit filed Thursday, Wisconsin Voters Alliance says the grants violate federal law that says only states, not cities, have discretion about how to implement federal election law. A message left Friday with the Center for Tech and Civic Life was not immediately returned to The Associated Press.
