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Kansas GOP considers kicking minority, youth and women’s groups out of party leadership
https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article275308266.html
Kansas Republicans are moving closer to kicking groups representing women, Black, Hispanic and young Republicans off the state party’s executive board, a move that would consolidate the power of its new hard-right chairman.
The Kansas Republican Party’s rules committee advanced a proposal this week that would change the party bylaws to remove constituency groups aimed at broadening the reach of the party. It would also oust state and federal GOP elected officials from the board, which oversees party operations and budgetary decisions.
The full party state committee is expected to vote on the proposal this summer, as well as a separate proposal to change the party constitution to remove those individual’s seats on the state committee. The change to the executive committee needs a simple majority while the change to the state committee would require two-thirds support.
If either proposal passes, it would amount to lost representation for key groups Kansas and national Republicans spent years working to bring into the fold. At the same time, it would enhance the power of chairman Mike Brown, who won his position by just two votes earlier this year.
Representatives of the Kansas Young Republicans, Black Republican Council and Hispanic Assembly said they are hopeful the party would reject the changes or that the issue never receives a vote. But if not, they said the party leadership will lose key voices at the table.
“We’re deeply disappointed in the decision to eliminate Black leadership representation from the Kansas GOP and trust that State delegates reject this action and commit to unifying and strengthening the party,” Michael Austin, the chair of the Kansas Black Republican Council, said in a statement calling the proposed rule “short-sighted.”
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