Kansas City Political Committee Members ALMOST Explained

Don't worry . . .

Readers STILL won't understand the job even after reading.

The best we can figure . . . The job is a legacy of the Pendergast political machine glory days wherein "ward bosses" had to pay hobos to vote the right way.

In KC it's typically somebody that spends most their time posting garbage on social media. 

Check-it . . .

Committee members are positions held within a specific political party, not local government. They’re the people who help drum up support for their chosen party within their precinct or ward, and make decisions about who leads their party and what issues they’d like them to focus on.

In theory, every voting precinct in the metro should have two precinct committee members per political party, with each of them working hard to connect with potential voters in their jurisdiction. That’s the dream anyway, but often not the reality.

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