The Republican National Committee has filed a lawsuit against the city of Racine, claiming the city didn’t hire enough Republican poll workers for the August primary election. The lawsuit comes as skirmishes between the two major parties over voting ramp up with less than 50 days before Election Day.

The Republican National Committee announced Tuesday that it is suing Racine for allegedly failing to hire the appropriate number of Republican election inspectors for the Aug. 13 primary.

The RNC sued the city of Racine, Wisconsin, for what officials claim was a failure to hire enough Republican election inspectors to met the state's parity requirement.

The Republican National Committee has sued the city of Racine for failing to hire more Republican citizens as election inspectors during the partisan primaries and instead mostly selected volunteers unaffiliated with either of the two major political parties.