DENVER (KDVR) — Just a week after the Colorado Republican Party announced what seemed to be the end of a shakeup in the state House GOP, the caucus is facing another hurdle.

The Colorado Department of State on Tuesday announced it rejected the nomination paperwork for Colorado House District 14, left vacant after then-Minority Leader Rose Pugliese resigned on Sept. 15.

Officials in a press release said the vacancy committee did not follow state law, which requires at least 10 days’ notice to committee members of a scheduled meeting to nominate a replacement for a general assembly seat.

The vacancy committee notified committee members on Sept. 15, then met and nominated Ava Flanell for the seat just seven days later on Sept. 22, “and thus failed to comply with the law,” according to the Department of State.

“Because this nominating process did not follow timelines established in statute, the paperwork has been deemed insufficient,” officials said. “The pertinent vacancy committee may resubmit nominating paperwork after following the proper procedures laid out in Colorado law.”

According to the Colorado Sun, which first reported the rejection on Monday, this appears to be the first time in Colorado that a nomination was rejected.

The state GOP had already congratulated Flanell, a small business owner and firearms instructor, on winning the seat in the vacancy committee election.

Flanell herself, who is also a podcast host and online influencer, had already announced to her more than 133,000 Instagram followers she would be the next House Representative of District 14, which represents parts of El Paso County.

The Colorado Sun reported it looks like the vacancy committee will now either have to redo the election that gave her the seat or challenge the state department in court.