The newly elected Hamilton County GOP leadership is taking stances on bills and urging Republican lawmakers to follow suit in their votes, according to social media posts and emails on the party’s official accounts.
The party is pushing for support of some locally sponsored GOP legislation, including a bill that would allow school districts to deny enrollment to unauthorized immigrant students, and is speaking out against others, including an abortion exception bill.
Two Hamilton County lawmakers and some local party members said advocating for or against legislation — especially GOP-backed legislation — is outside of the party’s responsibilities as written in its bylaws. New party leaders and their supporters disagree.
The party’s goals are listed on a new website replacing the previous leadership’s site.
One goal is to advocate for legislation to have closed primary elections, a topic heavily debated within the party.