DNC: New ADP bylaws could cost Alabama delegates

The Democratic National Committee issued its first formal warning on Wednesday regarding recent bylaws changes implemented by the Alabama Democratic Party. 

In a letter, first reported by the Alabama Reflector, DNC Rules and Bylaws co-chairs James Roosevelt Jr. and Minyon Moore wrote that the new bylaws have the appearance of “unequal treatment of minority groups” and that it could cost ADP its delegates at the party’s presidential convention. 

The letter also raises questions about the voting process that led to the new bylaws, noting that numerous members of the State Democratic Executive Committee have leveled serious allegations that call into question the meeting’s validity. 

The new bylaws, which were approved at a chaotic meeting on May 6, in Montgomery, essentially removed the Hispanic, LGBTQ, disabled, Native American and Asian caucuses and instead turned them all into “committees.” 

Under the new bylaws, committees would have far less power than…