WY: How should the state govern political parties? A pair of election complaints seeks a change.
On paper, the Wyoming Republican Party passed a pair of resolutions at its State Central Committee meeting this weekend that appear to be simply the latest dispute between opposing political parties.
One challenges the election of a transgender woman to county leadership in Laramie; the other opposes how often the state’s Democrats elect their chairperson.
But the purpose behind the resolutions, and the complaints they’re based on, Republicans say, are actually intended to answer a more fundamental question: How should the state govern political parties if they are private organizations?
The Wyoming Supreme Court weighed in earlier this year, but that didn’t cut it for the GOP, whose members have locked horns over the issue in recent years. Now, they’re taking the dispute across party lines.
Both resolutions are tied to election code complaints filed against the Wyoming Democratic Party by Joey Correnti, former chairman of the Carbon County GOP. The resolutions have no material effect, but rather symbolize the state party’s support. Conversely, the complaints themselves have the potential for prosecution, depending on what the secretary of state and the attorney general decide.
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