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A complaint filed Friday with the Wyoming GOP claims four canton-level Republican parties violated bylaws, raising further questions nearly whether state party leaders have been selectively enforcing rules at the expense of traditional conservatives.

Gail Symons, a Sheridan Republican and the woman behind the nonpartisan blog Civics307, claimed GOP organizations in Sheridan, Sublette, Albany and Crook counties committed minor violations of party rules. Her complaint comes as Laramie County Republicans face the prospect of losing most of their delegation over a different rules infraction.

"I urge the Party to take more appropriate action in the form of admonishment with the requirement that more intendance exist taken to ensure compliance rather than the heavy handed and disproportionate response of not seating delegations," Symons wrote in her complaint.

Symons filed the complaint with Kathy Russell, the executive director of the state political party and Frank Eathorne, chairman of the state party.

The complaint is over pocket-size, likely unintentional, breaches in bylaws, but is an example of the canyon that divides the traditional Republicans and the difficult-line conservatives who atomic number 82 Wyoming's GOP.

The Laramie County GOP admittedly broke rules at its county convention, which has puts the group at risk of losing nigh of its delegates at next week's state Republican convention. Considering Laramie County is one of a small number of canton-level groups that have clashed with state party leaders, insiders pushed back against the impending punishment by noting that other counties broke rules simply aren't facing any consequences.

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State GOP leaders responded by noting that no i had filed a complaint against any other counties than Laramie, obviously prompting Symons to act.

The complaint alleges, among other things, that the county Republican parties in Albany, Cheat and Sublette failed to notify their respective canton clerks about when they would concur their canton conventions, which is required under state bylaws.

In addition, Symons wrote that "no nominations were allowed from the floor" at the Sublette County Republican convention, which is likewise a violation of bylaws.

"There is no reason to believe that the violations of past-laws for the five counties, including Laramie County, were a deliberate attempt to circumvent or undermine the integrity of the processes," Symons wrote.

Rule breaking has not been scrutinized to this extent in the by, only there'southward been a new emphasis put on it this year within the land and canton-level Republican parties.

The number of delegates that each canton gets at the state convention is based on its population, and Laramie is the most populous in the state. Merely if the Laramie party loses most of its delegates, it will stop upwardly with less voting power than Niobrara, the canton with the smallest population in Wyoming.

The size of a county political party's delegation ties directly to its voting power at the state Republican convention, which is set up to begin Thursday. The convention is held to vote on party platforms, resolutions and rules. The decisions made and adopted at the convention can influence the country'southward politics — including which bills are brought to the Wyoming Legislature.

"Should a conclusion be made to non seat that delegation, the Convention will be conducted without proportional representation for 27.5% of the registered Republicans in the country," Symons wrote. "That certainly undermines the State Party position of representing Wyoming Republicans."

Symons added that she is willing to recruit registered Republican from the counties in question to file a complaint if she is not allowed to on their behalf.

Eathorne said Friday afternoon that he does not have time to look at the complaint until the weekend.

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