The Kootenai County Republican Central Committee passed a new bylaw in November that would allow the committee to replace an elected committeeman for missing more than six meetings in a 12-month period. The problem is, the bylaw might not be legal, according to a legal review conducted by Idaho State Rep. Luke Malek, R-Coeur d'Alene. Kootenai County Republican Central Committeeman Matt Roetter said on Tuesday that he challenged the central committee's legal authority to unseat an elected committeeman, but was told at the time it was passed that state Republican Party officials reviewed the bylaw and found it to be legal. That wasn't good enough for Roetter, so he sought a second opinion from Malek, a former Kootenai County prosecuting attorney/Jeff Selle, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.

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