Joni Scotter of Marion is a member of the Iowa Republican Party’s State Central Committee. She has recently come under attack for choosing to be a member of Terry Branstad’s corridor campaign committee.
The by-laws of the Party do not say anything about members working or volunteering for campaigns. Much like anything else, there are those unwritten rules. It sounds like this might be one of them.
Personally, it doesn’t make any difference to me. The people who usually get elected to committees like the State Central Committee are activists to start with. How is one expected to just sit and fold their hands when an important race is going on.
More of an issue of Joni working to support a Republican is the fact that one of her loudest complainers was just paid thousands of dollars to help elect a Democrat! Who is really failing this litmus test?
