Michigan GOP committee plans meeting to remove Kristina Karamo. She says it's illegal.

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(Detroit Free Press) LANSING — Members of the Michigan Republican Party's state committee have scheduled a special meeting Saturday to consider the removal of Kristina Karamo, though the embattled state party chair said Tuesday the meeting has not been lawfully scheduled.

A 75% vote of the state committee, which has a little over 100 members, is required to remove Karamo as chair, under Michigan Republican Party bylaws. But another agenda item would reduce that threshold to a two-thirds vote. Amending party bylaws also requires a two-thirds vote of the committee.

Karamo, who, like her most vocal internal party critics, is a strong backer of former President Donald Trump, has been under fire for financial and organizational disarray in the state party, allegations of autocratic rule and a lack of transparency, and alleged interference with county party business.

The 2022 state GOP candidate for secretary of state was elected chair of the state party last February. If opponents successfully remove her at a meeting in Commerce Township this Saturday, she will have served for less than one year of her two-year term. ..........(more)

https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/01/02/migop-special-meeting-removal-kristina-karamo/72086061007/