Arizona Republican Party President Kelli Ward rejected requests to audit the party’s elections last week, including her own race for the party’s presidency.
During a radio interview at “The Conservative Circus w / James T. Harris” on Friday, Ward rejected criticism of the party’s conduct of the January 23 elections.
“There is no procedure, process or rule that allows this to be done,” said Ward. “And you certainly do not allow a challenger who has lost an election to demand something he is not entitled to, and we have no responsibility to provide it.”
Ward was the subject of scrutiny this week over allegations of fraud in his election to the party presidency.
Sergio Arellano, whom Ward narrowly won in the position by 42 votes, requested an audit of all party elections after Sandra Dowling was wrongly declared the winner of a free member position for District 8 of Congress.
Ward confirmed that the mistake was made, but also said that Dowling was immediately contacted about the mistake and that the appropriate winner was announced. She said the only people who are asking for the audit are people who worked for Arellano’s campaign.
“The only people who requested an audit – which does not exist in our process, our procedures, our statute, the statute or Robert’s Rules – are Sergio and the people who are working for his campaign,” said Ward.
“We don’t have the structure to do an audit, but we appreciate your contribution in making our elections bigger,” she said.
Ward also accused the media covering the story of trying to “dig into something that just doesn’t exist.”
Ward has attracted attention in recent months after repeating President Trump
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President biden narrowly won Arizona by about 10,500 votes over Trump, making Biden the first Democratic presidential candidate to hold office since 1996.