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Vermont GOP votes to back Trump, waiving rule against supporting candidates convicted of felonies [View all]
https://vtdigger.org/2024/06/28/vermont-gop-votes-to-back-trump-waiving-rule-against-supporting-candidates-convicted-of-felonies/Vermont GOP votes to back Trump, waiving rule against supporting candidates convicted of felonies
The Vermont Republican Party’s executive committee conducted its vote this week in a closed-door meeting, despite saying earlier this month that it would hold off until after the Republican National Convention in July.
By Sarah Mearhoff
June 28, 2024, 4:31 pm
The Vermont Republican Party is standing by former President Donald Trump.
According to a Thursday evening press release from the party, its executive committee on Wednesday night voted by “a narrow margin” to excuse Trump from a state party rule that prohibits it from supporting candidates who have been convicted of a felony.
As written in the party’s bylaws, the Vermont GOP “will not support or promote any candidate for elective office who … is a convicted felon.”
A subsection of the rule allows the party’s 14-member executive committee, by majority vote, to exempt a specific candidate from the prohibition under undefined “extenuating circumstances.”
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The Vermont Republican Party’s executive committee conducted its vote this week in a closed-door meeting, despite saying earlier this month that it would hold off until after the Republican National Convention in July.
By Sarah Mearhoff
June 28, 2024, 4:31 pm
The Vermont Republican Party is standing by former President Donald Trump.
According to a Thursday evening press release from the party, its executive committee on Wednesday night voted by “a narrow margin” to excuse Trump from a state party rule that prohibits it from supporting candidates who have been convicted of a felony.
As written in the party’s bylaws, the Vermont GOP “will not support or promote any candidate for elective office who … is a convicted felon.”
A subsection of the rule allows the party’s 14-member executive committee, by majority vote, to exempt a specific candidate from the prohibition under undefined “extenuating circumstances.”
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