DeSoto GOP members file complaint over state alternates
Two DeSoto County Republican Party members have filed a complaint on behalf of others with the state GOP over the seating of state convention delegates, claiming someone weeded out “anti-establishment” Republicans on the alternates list.
State convention delegates Tom Minyard and Don Abernathy, two delegates to the May 14 state convention from DeSoto County, filed the complaint on behalf of eight delegates and eight alternates, all members of the DeSoto County Conservative Coalition. They say someone rejiggered the list of alternates to the state convention, resulting in “anti-establishment” alternates who received the most votes being moved down the list in favor of establishment Republicans. This resulted in the top voted anti-establishment Republican from DeSoto being skipped over when an alternate had to replace a delegate, the complaint says.
State Party Chairman Joe Nosef said the complaint appears to be “disingenuous and without merit, and the state party will deal with it accordingly.” He said state convention rules were passed by an overwhelming majority of state convention delegates and provide for the credentials committee to determine the order of alternate delegates for each county – identical to the rule in past year. He said the issue over alternates would have had “zero impact” on the outcome of the state convention.
Clarion Ledger
7/17/16
