Liz Harris, who was removed from office last week for 'disorderly behavior,' won the most votes from precinct committeemen nominating replacements for the vacancy.
By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services PHOENIX — Chandler area Republican Party officials want Liz Harris restored to the legislative seat from which she was just ousted last week.Harris was the top vote getter at a meeting late Monday among the precinct committeemen from the district that includes parts of Chandler and Gilbert to nominate people to fill the vacancy created after the House expelled Harris for violating an ethics rule against"disorderly behavior.
Fellow Republican lawmaker Justin Heap initially had opined in a Twitter post that state law prohibits an expelled member from being reappointed to the same seat. But Heap, who is an attorney, backtracked somewhat."However, Arizona law does not expressly prohibit LD 13 PCs from nominating Liz Harris as a candidate to her prior seat," Heap said."After review with other attorneys the best we can say is this is a constitutional 'gray area.
One remaining question is whether the five supervisors, who get to fill the vacancy, can reject the entire list and ask for three other nominees. Harris was ousted after the House voted 46-13 to accept the findings of the House Ethics Committee that she knew that someone she had invited to testify at a joint hearing in February on election integrity was going to present not just false but libelous accusations against lawmakers, judges and even the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, accusing them of being involved in a criminal scheme to rig elections and other crimes.
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