A Democratic National Committee subcommittee on Monday recommended that the organization invalidate one of its February vice-chair votes over claims that it unfairly disadvantaged female candidates.
The move, which won’t be official unless the entire DNC votes to approve it, could open up new races for the positions held by David Hogg, a Florida activist, and Malcolm Kenyatta, a Pennsylvania state legislator.
The challenge by Oklahoma Democratic Committeewoman Kalyn Free, who unsuccessfully ran against Hogg and Kenyatta in the February race for vice chair, is not related to the ongoing tension between Hogg and the national party over his push to support primary challenges against incumbent Democrats.
Instead, it was based off Free’s claim that the handling of the vice-chair vote gave the two men an unfair advantage amid the national party’s requirements that its executive committee achieve gender balance.
Show up to vote in primaries as often as they do (primaries have incredibly low turnout compared to the general). Join your local/state party so you can vote in the internal elections for party leadership. And don’t stop, ever, even if you think the tide is turning. And also sign petitions and write to state legislators to try and get ranked choice/approval/etc voting in your state, as that’s the only thing that will break the stranglehold of the two parties.