GOP pulling a scam with central commititee membership rules

To the Editor:

The Ohio Republican Party and its alter ego, the party's state central committee, have some ugly laundry that needs a serious cleaning. Incumbents of the central committee have altered the rules for membership VERY late in the game.

Suddenly, just weeks before the election, candidates are required to have voted in the three preceding Republican primary statewide elections. This incumbent-approved change makes some people ineligible to be seated even if they were elected by qualified voters!

Candidates already on the ballot are now being told that they are ineligible for seats on the committee as a result of the underhanded, last-minute rule change

Kevin DeWine, the mushy, mediocre state Republican Party Chairman, wants to keep his mushy moderate cohorts on the state central committee. While he and his ilk like to appeal to Tea Party Republicans, the truth is that their aim is to keep conservative Tea Party candidates from taking their rightful seats at the powerful State Central Committee table

I have no idea how corruption of this transparency may be dealt with, but perhaps public awareness will be a step in the right direction

Glenna Clutter
Marietta, Ohio