Colorado Republicans made a move on Saturday to oust their state party chair, Dave Williams, even as Williams has denied the legitimacy of such a play.
Out of the approximately 180 people participating in the meeting, roughly 160 Republicans voted to remove Williams as their party chair during the Saturday gathering, according to local news reports.
But there’s been discrepancy regarding how to interpret the state party rules for ousting an officer – and whether it can be interpreted to mean that at least three-fifths of GOP central committee members present are enough to vote out an official or if at least three-fifths of all GOP central committee members total must be needed.
The state party, in a release, claimed that the Republicans were “illegally re-interpreting our bylaws to improperly attempt to remove all of your duly elected officers.” Meanwhile, Republicans at the event voted in favor of interpreting the rules to mean Republicans in attendance and not total members, according to the Colorado Sun .