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marmar

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Mon Jun 12, 2023, 09:15 AM Jun 2023

More Michigan GOP infighting


(Detroit Free Press) LANSING — The Michigan Republican Party is split over a plan party leaders approved over the weekend to award delegates for next year's national convention to select the party's presidential nominee.

Under the plan, approved Saturday at a closed-door meeting of the party's state committee in Grand Rapids, 16 of the party's 55 convention delegates would be awarded based on the Michigan primary election planned for Feb. 27 and the other 39 delegates would be awarded based on 13 district caucuses held March 2, according to a copy of the resolution.

In recent history, the party's convention delegates have been chosen based on results in an open primary election, which in 2020 was held March 10.

Some opponents say the new plan unfairly favors former President Donald Trump and disenfranchises many Republican-leaning voters. Some proponents say the plan is a sensible compromise after state Democrats and the Democratic National Committee put most of the state's GOP convention delegates at risk by moving up the date of Michigan's primary, from March to February, in violation of Republican National Committee rules that say only Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada can hold nominating contests before March 1. .............(more)

https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/06/12/michigan-gop-delegates-republican-presidential-convention/70312166007/




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More Michigan GOP infighting (Original Post) marmar Jun 2023 OP
Strife amongst repuQs is always worthy of K&R EYESORE 9001 Jun 2023 #1
Maybe they'll have another fistfight! WestMichRad Jun 2023 #2
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