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.

  • @jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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    1719 hours ago

    Hogg is a single issue politician, for him it’s all about guns and ONLY about guns, for understandable reasons.

    I get it given his experience, but politics is bigger than that, and if you want to primary people, you can’t limit yourself that way if you want to win a general election.

    • @xyzzy@lemm.ee
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      57 hours ago

      Is he only supporting gun control candidates to primary incumbents? I don’t know and am just looking to be informed.

      • @jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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        26 hours ago

        His stated purpose is that he wants to primary “do nothing Democrats”, but on closer inspection, his issue is they are doing nothing on guns.