MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Democratic National Committee has set hearings on challenges to the election of Alabama Democratic Party Chairwoman Nancy Worley.

In a letter, the national party said an evidentiary hearing will be held Feb. 11. Unless a resolution is reached by mediation, the party’s credentials committee will hear the challenges Feb. 14. The panel will make a recommendation to the full DNC.

Two challenges were filed challenging the election of Worley and Vice Chairman Randy Kelley at an August meeting of the State Democratic Executive Committee.

One challenge said numerous rules were violated to “stack the deck” in favor of them and noted that 190 votes were recorded when only 142 state committee members signed in at the meeting.

“With (Worley) and (Kelley) presiding over the meeting, the elections were conducted in a sloppy and haphazard manner that was easily susceptible to manipulation. The elections were deliberately manipulated in order to favor Worley, Kelley and all other incumbent SDEC officers,” the complaint read.

Some Democrats have sought new leadership at the state party. Those calls were reignited after the party did not spend all available funds in the November election. Despite renewed energy after the 2017 upset election of Sen. Doug Jones, Democrats lost all statewide Alabama elections last year.