An Evanston-based judge on Monday declined to dismiss a legal challenge by Thermopolis Republicans accusing the Wyoming GOP of waging backroom power plays to thwart state law and cheat people of fair representation.

Hot Springs County Republican Party members who were elected to leadership positions in April saw their elections undone when people who aren’t part of the central, or voting, committee within the party were allowed to enter “provisional ballots” casting late votes for other candidates, court documents say.

State law says only precinct committee members who are elected at the primary election can vote for the state party delegates.

When the ousted county party leaders sought relief, the Wyoming Republican Party had its Dispute Resolution Committee conduct an “arbitration,"

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