Washington, DC (CNN) A conservative law group is calling on a judge to hold Wisconsin election officials in contempt of court for failing to abide by a court-ordered removal of thousands of voters from the state's rolls.

The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) has asked that members of the Wisconsin Election Commission be fined $2,000 a day until the voters are removed.

At issue is the commission's lack of action over the court order to remove roughly 200,000 outdated voter registrations from Wisconsin's rolls. The commission is appealing the order, which was issued by Ozaukee County Judge Paul Malloy last month.

At a special meeting earlier this week, the six officials who sit on the commission voted on whether to move forward with the removal now and not wait for a decision on its appeal. The vote was split on party lines, commission spokesman Reid Magney said on Monday, with the three Republicans voting to move forward and the three Democrats voting in favor of waiting on a ruling on the appeal.

The tie meant that the commission would not take any action now and would "await further direction from the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Wisconsin," the commission said. "When those courts provide direction, the Commission will hold another meeting to discuss action to comply with the ruling."

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