The rights to cast a vote and to have one’s vote counted are both constitutionally protected. [FN1]. A person’s interest in participating in the political process through voting and having her or his vote counted is a right both ‘individual and personal in nature. [FN2] 1/7

This iteration of the GOP has been described as a cult. [FN3] Indiana’s GOP is an assumed business name of Indiana’s Republican State Committee, and set up as a not-for-profit (“NFP”) corporation. The Indiana GOP’s bylaws, and “how to” seize control of it, are not public. 2/7

Now trump is pushing to be named the GOP’s candidate for 2024, and dispense with primaries. [FN4] That deprives people of the right to vote in primaries and to have their votes counted. For perspective, in 1972, Richard Nixon had challengers in the early primaries. [FN5] 3/7

Nixon did not use public statements or threats to pressure either John Ashbrook (R-OH) or Peter McCloskey (R-CA) to drop out and leave it all to him. Today is different. The Indiana GOP entities were created in 2005 to be tight & secret. [FN6] 4/7

No political party, as a corporate entity, should be able to operate in secret w/no ways for voters to take control publicly-available. This iteration of the GOP aims to install fascism. This is not the “party of Lincoln.” It is more the party of a George Lincoln Rockwell. 5/7

Footnotes:
FN1. U.S. v. Classic, 313 U.S. 299, 315 (1941).
FN2. Reynolds v Sims, 377 U.S. 533, 561 (1963).
FN3. E.g., Hassan, “The Cult of Trump,” 2019; Kruse, “The One Way History Shows Trump’s Personality Cult Will End,” POLTICO, 04/16/22. 6/7

Footnotes:
FN4. Karni, New York Times, “Trump’s Influence,” 1/26/24.
FN5. Wikipedia, “1972 Republican Presidential Primaries.
FN6. Articles of Incorporation filed 10/24/05, with the Indiana Secretary of State, under the laws of the State of Indiana, by Terre Haute, Indiana, attorney James Bopp, Jr. 7/7