[citation needed] She is the author of Christ Centered Childbirth, a guide to help young parents draw upon their faith to help bring their child into the world.

[22] The same month, Townsend proposed legislation for a voter fraud hotline predicting possible foreign interference or meddling in the then upcoming 2020 election.

[23] Following the 2020 election, Townsend was a vocal supporter of election fraud theories,[24] speaking at "Stop the Steal" movement rallies,[25] advocating the independent state legislature theory and petitioning the United States Congress to accept 11 "alternate" presidential electors pledged to vote for Donald Trump or to nullify Arizona's electoral votes pending an audit.

[26] Townsend led her supporters in criticism of House Speaker Rusty Bowers for his refusal to allow her and her colleagues to call a formal legislative session to recall the State's electors.

[30][31][32] In December 2020, Townsend reportedly expressed concern to Giuliani that unless they had a pending legal case, their attempts to promote the alternate elector scheme might appear treasonous.

[33][34] Townsend proposed legislation to establish criminal penalties for election workers who misplace ballots, and contractors that fail to meet the terms of the contract.

[37] Maricopa County Republican Party chair, Rae Chornenky, resigned December 10, after coming under fire from Townsend for failing to attend the county’s logic & accuracy test session of election equipment, and alleging her inaction “contributed to the collapse of Arizona voter confidence.”[38] The day before the attack on the U.S. Capitol, Townsend sponsored a bill to recall Arizona's electors that had been allocated to Biden and replace them with Trump electors.

Heck, maybe it is the Left in disguise…"[40] On January 7, 2021, in a since deleted tweet, Townsend blamed Arizona Governor Doug Ducey for the attack on the U.S. Capitol alleging he refused to bring the legislature into session along with House Speaker Rusty Bowers to conduct a full forensic audit.

[40] Two months following her defeat of the election reform packages, Townsend leveraged her power with her budget vote to stall finalizing a budget as part of an effort to pressure GOP colleagues into creating a special legislative panel to review the results of the audit being conducted by the Senate of the 2020 election results in Maricopa County that she had championed.

[42][43] In February 2022, Townsend proposed legislation requiring monthly reviews of the electoral roll and the prompt removal of felons from them,[44] as well as prohibition of same-day voter registrations.

[47] In March 2022, Townsend issued additional subpoenas to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and publicly accused them of obstruction due to their non-compliance.

[49][50] In June 2022, Townsend received an FBI subpoena for emails and text messages relating to the Arizona Senate's examination of electoral fraud issues.

Alternatively, the board opted to fire and replace the Pinal County elections director with Geraldine Roll, who resigned in June 2023 alleging she was not protected from political attacks led by Townsend and her associates.

"[60] Beginning in November 2020, Townsend actively called for the removal of Rusty Bowers from office after he refused to bring the legislature into session to vote to send Trump electors to Congress for the 2020 election.

[64][65] On December 4, 2020, when Townsend insisted the State send alternate electors as part of a bid to overturn the election, Bowers rejected such a proposal.

"[66] In 2015, Townsend led a group of parents aggrieved by the child welfare system which they allege wrongfully removed their children from the home.

[67][68] In 2017, Townsend sponsored a bill to prohibit child welfare workers from lying in hearings or withholding exculpatory evidence.

[85][86] Citizen Patrick Mannion reported to the Arizona Attorney General that when he criticized Townsend on social media, she contacted his employer and attempted to get him fired.

[96][97] In 2018 Townsend criticized semi-nude female women's rights activists,[98] abortion and the "culture of death",[99] the Arizona child welfare system,[100][101][102] the furry community[103] and opposed increased funding for education.

[105] In 2019 she compared mandatory vaccination to Communism and the Holocaust,[106][107] supported high school students who alleged they had been prevented from wearing "Make America Great Again" clothing[74] and was accused of retaliation by a Facebook user who posted content critical of her.