In our household, when one of the littles has a dirty diaper, it's come to be known as a poopcident. Well, that's just what the Milwaukee election recount effort had on their hands (or wrists, as it were) yesterday.

Each day, Milwaukee official recount observers are provided wristbands to signify they've passed the required health screenings prior to entering the facility. Usually, they bear the letters VIP or some other benign insignia. Nothing too controversial, right?

Well, "Each day of the recount seems to bring some new controversy," reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Tuesday, day five, was no different.

As elections observers came to "do their business," they were handed wrist bands bearing poop emojis. No normal alternatives were offered. It was their only option. And no wristband, no watching.

"A recount volunteer says she and others were forced to wear these bracelets to participate in recount," conservative radio talk show host Vicki McKenna tweeted. "Staff, attorneys and volunteers all wearing them. Do these people NOT take elections seriously?"

While some might have found it amusing, a prank perhaps, others found it insulting at best, and a very visible sign of just how low the entire election process has sunk.

Milwaukee County Clerk George Christenson saw no problem with the bands and had his own take on why they were distributed.

"I always thought it was chocolate ice cream, personally," he said. "Wisconsin Center is our vendor. They handle the logistics. They are probably just pulling what they have in stock ... So again, it's a non-issue. Everybody got one."

Logistics issue? Silly prank? Political commentary? Any way you look at it, it seems that chocolate ice cream may be the next euphemism for where this election has gone.