Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

VOTING is off to a bad start in Wisconsin. Thirty vans rented by the Republican National Committee to use in Milwaukee get-out-the-vote efforts were rendered inoperable by vandals overnight. The vehicles were parked near a Republican headquarters on Capitol Drive, where their tires had been slashed. The GOP is scrambling to find replacement vehicles.

“This is a targeted effort to sabotage a political party’s effort to get out the vote,” says Chris Lato, communications director for the Wisconsin Republican party