Bingo!
None of these by church law take affect until the following Jan 1. 2020. The next GC is in May 2020. The campaign to elect delegates for May 2020 is already ongoing. That vote begins in a brief 4 months in annual conferences around the world. Africa grew so it gains 18 more delegates.
So, the plan will be to undercut the election of conservatives in the US to counter the African vote.
The enemy knows how to manipulate the rules in their favor.