The chairwoman of the Delta County Republican Party who was accused of favoritism and posting a racist meme on her Facebook page has resigned. Under party rules, officials of state and local parties, including their leaders, are not allowed to endorse one primary candidate over another. Sorenson said her Facebook page was hacked, but Colorado Party Chairman Steve House said that was not the case. The committee was investigating allegations that Sorenson and others made that her Facebook page was "hacked" and whether she violated party rules by endorsing a primary candidate. Party officials were upset after a photo compared President Barack Obama to a chimpanzee appeared on Linda Sorenson web page, the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported ( http://tinyurl.com/h3nbu3s ).

Source: ABC News July 02, 2016 21:33 UTC