Asian American Republicans accuse state GOP of pursuing discriminatory scheme to disenfranchise them in party elections
By Emma Platoff Globe Staff,Updated April 30, 2021, 1:36 p.m.
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GOP Chairman Jim Lyons is selectively enforcing procedural rules and targeting voters of color in an effort to consolidate his own power on the little-watched panel, a group of Asian American Republicans have charged.Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe/file
More than two dozen Asian American Republicans are alleging discrimination by the state party, claiming GOP Chairman Jim Lyons is trying to keep them out of the political process in elections for two seats on the Republican State Committee.
Asian Republicans Charge Massachusetts GOP With Discrimination
A polling place in Dorchester
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A battle over control of the state Republican party has led to claims that its leader has discriminated against Asian American voters trying to fill a vacant political position.
In a letter to national party officials, more than two dozen Vietnamese-American Republicans alleged that Massachusetts Republican Party Chairman Jim Lyons led a callous and underhanded scheme to discriminate against Asian-American voters trying to reorganize ward committees in order to fill two open seats representing Dorchester and South Boston on the Republican State Committee, the 82-member panel that governs the party s activities.