Posted on 01/28/2021 8:12:39 AM PST by Coronal
A top Arizona ally of former President Donald Trump in his campaign to challenge the results of the 2020 election is now facing demands for a closer examination of her own contest that she narrowly won.
Kelli Ward, who was reelected chairwoman of the Arizona Republican Party this month by a mere 42 votes, is so far silent in the face of calls for the party, including from her top challenger, to conduct an audit of the results.
Owens also said Arellano and two other Republicans have requested an audit, including witnesses, to take place on Thursday, but she did not provide the letters to the outlet.
“This isn’t about the chairman’s race," Sergio Arellano, the Arizona businessman who came in second place to Ward in their weekend election face-off, said in a written statement obtained by the Arizona Republic. "This is about election integrity."
Kim Owens, a GOP consultant serving as Arellano's spokesperson, said irregularities in the voting process demanded an audit. The report said doubts about the GOP chief race were raised after the winner of another contest, for an at-large committee member position, was told that she had lost. In a separate statement, Arellano claimed that he "fully" expects the audit to confirm the results of his contest, but the "reversal" of that other race prompted "a number of committeemen" to raise concerns and ask him to request an audit "because only a candidate for party office can do so."
“This is not about one person or one race. It’s about the integrity of our elections," Owens said. "With the absence of the tapes from the machines or any documentation of where votes came from, and in most races, a lack of numbers, of tallies, we need to see evidence that everything is as it should be.”
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She should vociferously fight every attempt to audit, cast doubt on the motives and integrity of her accusers, move to have them demonized and labeled as “terrorists!” and confidently swear herself in and declare herself Chairwoman for Life.
It’s what they’d do.
If an election is close and the republican is ahead, we keep counting. Counting will stop and the election will be called the moment a democrat is ahead though...
Oh, so NOW audits are legit?
Integrity my butt - I’m sure he denied the requests for an audit of the general election.
So it’s okay to complain about election results now.
Good to know.
Got it, boss. How does it smell up there inside Cindy McCain's butthole?
This was an Arizona internal GOP election.
I can’t find an actual vote tally, but it appears she won by 42 votes (3 to 4%) so there must have been between 1000 and 1400 total.
But of course.
In what fantasy world is Meghan McCain a "conservative?"
This questioning of the outcome is DOMESTIC TERROR. The doubters are INCITING VIOLENCE. Reeducate them, take away their children and put them in camps.
I thought it was unpatriotic and insurrectionist to question the results of an election?
LOL, your post made my day.
So now the examiner wants an audit Kelli should just flip them the middle finger
Yup.
Same Examiner which pooh poohed all talk of ballot fraud and trashed attempts to get real audits (not the fake audits that we had) going.
Didn’t they all vote there?
And there are GOP voters that think the party is worth saving. It is this type of RINO nonsense that proves that it isn’t worth saving
Yep, last one out turn off the lights.
They are reporting news.
I guess that’s a problem - do we only want narrative on our side now?
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