01-28-2021, 10:28 PM
‘ Ward presented her candidacy as the only option to keep the Arizona GOP from going “back to the dark days before Trump,” adding: “The president is watching today’s race very closely.”
She narrowly won reelection, beating Arellano in a runoff by a margin of 51.5 percent to 48.5 percent. But after the stated winner of another race was later told she had lost, party members began to raise questions about the election process.
Arellano said Sandra Dowling, who had run for an at-large committee member seat from the state’s 8th Congressional District, was initially announced as the winner of her election during the convention.
“I start getting phone calls from everybody and their neighbor saying ‘Congratulations, Sandra, you won, you won, you won,’ ” Dowling recalled to the Republic, only to note that the victory was pulled back hours later. Ward later blamed the mix-up on “human error,” the newspaper reported.
Following that news, Arellano was flooded with calls through the weekend from other state party members encouraging him to ask for a recount of all races. He said the party’s bylaws allow only candidates for chair to file such a request. He added that another race resulting in a three-way tie has gone unresolved.
Ward appoints a group tasked with counting ballots, Arellano said, although he was able to send an observer to watch the count. Given that she emphasized election integrity in her reelection campaign, he said an audit is a chance for Ward to prove that such an idea is being put into practice.
“So, I have no doubt that everything will be as advertised,” he said. “Right?” ‘
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/20...VJ0cDg0Z2c.
She narrowly won reelection, beating Arellano in a runoff by a margin of 51.5 percent to 48.5 percent. But after the stated winner of another race was later told she had lost, party members began to raise questions about the election process.
Arellano said Sandra Dowling, who had run for an at-large committee member seat from the state’s 8th Congressional District, was initially announced as the winner of her election during the convention.
“I start getting phone calls from everybody and their neighbor saying ‘Congratulations, Sandra, you won, you won, you won,’ ” Dowling recalled to the Republic, only to note that the victory was pulled back hours later. Ward later blamed the mix-up on “human error,” the newspaper reported.
Following that news, Arellano was flooded with calls through the weekend from other state party members encouraging him to ask for a recount of all races. He said the party’s bylaws allow only candidates for chair to file such a request. He added that another race resulting in a three-way tie has gone unresolved.
Ward appoints a group tasked with counting ballots, Arellano said, although he was able to send an observer to watch the count. Given that she emphasized election integrity in her reelection campaign, he said an audit is a chance for Ward to prove that such an idea is being put into practice.
“So, I have no doubt that everything will be as advertised,” he said. “Right?” ‘
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/20...VJ0cDg0Z2c.