Arizona Republican Party President Kelli Ward rejected requests to audit the party’s election last week, including her own career to chair the party.
During a radio interview in “The Conservative Circus w / James T. Harris” on Friday, Ward avoided criticism about the way the party handled its January 23 election.
“There’s no procedure, no process, no rule that allows you to do that,” Ward said. “And you certainly don’t allow a challenger who has lost an election to demand something to which he or she is not entitled and we have no responsibility to provide it.”
Ward was scrutinized this week for allegations of fraud in his party presidency election.
Sergio Arellano, who Ward narrowly won by position by 42 votes, requested an audit of all party elections after Sandra Dowling was unduly declared the winner of a position as a general member of District 8 of Congress.
Ward confirmed that the mistake was made, but also said that Dowling was contacted immediately about the mistake and that the right winner was announced. He said the only people who asked for the audit are the people who worked for Arellano’s campaign.
“The only people who have requested an audit, who do not exist in our process, our procedures, our statutes, Robert’s laws or rules, are Sergio and the people who work for his campaign,” said Ward.
“We don’t have the structure to be able to do an audit, but we appreciate your input to make our elections bigger,” he said.
Ward also accused the media of the story of trying to “start something that just doesn’t exist.”
Ward drew attention in recent months after repeating the former President Trump
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President Biden for little earned Arizona with about 10,500 votes on Trump, making Biden the first Democratic presidential candidate to lead the state since 1996.