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DNC Panel Voids Vice Chair Elections Over Procedural Violations

The Democratic National Committee will vote in August on whether to rerun elections for David Hogg and Malcolm Kenyatta after a committee found rule breaches in February's results.

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David Hogg, who survived the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, stands during a news conference to announce the introduction of bipartisan legislation to expand background checks for sales and transfers of firearms, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019 in Washington.
David Hogg speaks at a town hall hosted by the advocacy group March For Our Lives at East LA College in Monterey Part, California, on September 8, 2023.
David Hogg is seen speaking onstage during the Fast Company Innovation Festival 2024 at BMCC Tribeca PAC on September 17, 2024, in New York City. (Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Fast Company)

Overview

  • The DNC Credentials Committee voted 13–2, with three abstentions, to invalidate the February election of David Hogg and Malcolm Kenyatta as vice chairs due to procedural irregularities.
  • The committee cited violations of gender-parity rules and improper ballot structuring, following a complaint by losing candidate Kalyn Free.
  • Hogg has attributed the move to broader resistance against his $20 million initiative to primary incumbent Democrats through his group, Leaders We Deserve.
  • DNC Chair Ken Martin has proposed a bylaw requiring party officers to remain neutral in primaries, underscoring tensions between reformers and the establishment.
  • The full DNC will decide at its August meeting whether to hold a new election limited to the original candidates.