(central square) – After Republican Rep. Liz Harris is ousted from the state legislature, it will be up to a mix of local and county officials to decide who will ultimately replace her.

The Republican constituency board of the 13th legislative district selects the three names to give to the Maricopa County Supervisory Board and has the final say in selecting one of the three to fill Harris’ current vacancy. increase.

The Arizona Republican Party said in a statement that the process of coming up with the three names would take five days and that the oversight board would not necessarily have to follow their choices. Anyone can be a person.

according to AZ method, the oversight board can convene a group of citizens to determine a successor if the district committee does not name him in time to make a decision. One name would be Julie Willoughby. Willoughby narrowly lost to Harris in the 2022 midterm elections.

Furthermore, there is no law giving the board a timeline for new appointments.

The Oversight Board, which is majority Republican, has spoken out against false allegations of widespread election fraud in the 2020 and 2022 elections. Candidates with a record of electoral refusal may receive a backlash.

Lawmakers dismissed Harris on Wednesday by a vote of 46 to 13. She filed her ethics complaint against her after facilitating a presentation by Scottsdale insurance agent Jacqueline Breger. The presentation falsely accused a number of Arizona officials and her LDS church of having financial ties to Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel.