Arizona Vote ‘Audit’ Sinks Deeper Into Madness as State GOP Chair Threatens Her Personal Officers With Arrest

The Trump-backed “review” of the 2020 Arizona elections is sinking further into madness as Arizona GOP chairman Kelli Ward threatened her own party officials with arrest this week.

The Daily Beast reports that the audit has fueled divisions within the state GOP, and Ward is now pressing for the arrest of Republican election officials in Maricopa County if they refuse to comply with the auditors’ demands.

“There must be consequences,” said Ward earlier this week. “There could be arrests of people who refuse to obey.”

The “scrutiny” of the 2020 elections has generated widespread criticism and ridicule from electoral professionals who have labeled them unprofessional and completely biased.

Among other things, examiners were ridiculed for looking for bamboo fiber on ballot papers, which would prove to be a nefarious Chinese influence on last year’s elections in Arizona.

In addition, some Trump supporters have accused the Maricopa County election official of destroying Trump ballot papers, feeding them to chickens, and then burning the chickens to cover up the evidence.

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