Milwaukee has asked for reinforcements from other parts of city government to help process ballots as it operates through a stockpile of 31,000 absentee ballots.

About 40 city employees — including firefighters, health workers, IT experts and librarians — are helping to count the ballots, according to a city official.

Absentee ballots are being re-tabulated after a door to several tabulators failed to seal properly due to human error, Milwaukee City Hall said.

As the count continued, some Republicans descended on the Baird Convention Center to ask how the mistake happened.

“It looks like a real mess,” said Sen. Ron Johnson.

Johnson said he showed up at the polling station to “ask questions” and “restore confidence” in the results. He said he believes the city is not ready for an election.

Johnson was joined by GOP Chairman Brian Schimming, who summed up the incident in a few words: “You only had one job.”

Milwaukee’s Election Commission previously said the city “has no doubts about the integrity of the election.”

“However, for the avoidance of doubt in order to be fully transparent, the MEC has decided to begin the tabulation process for all ballots at Central Count. This decision was made in consultation with both Republican and Democrats,” the committee said.