Hart must state “with particularity” her grounds for contesting the election and Miller-Meeks will be able to respond. Both sides can take sworn depositions and subpoena witnesses and documents. The House Administration Committee, which would still have a majority of Democrats in the next Congress, considers the objection and makes a report to the full House, which has to approve any recommendation to seat Hart or Miller-Meeks — or neither.
Most contested elections that have come before the House in the last century have been dismissed, according to CRS. From 1933 to 2009, the House considered 107 contested election cases. In one instance, it declared a vacancy, and in three cases, it seated the candidate who contested the results.
The most recent instance of the House reversing the initial outcome of an election was more than three decades ago in 1985 in a contest for what was known as Indiana’s “Bloody 8th.” After the 1984 elections, Hoosier State officials certified the 8th District results showing Republican Rick McIntyre had defeated Democratic incumbent Frank McCloskey by just 34 votes.
McCloskey contested the election, and the House, which was controlled by Democrats at the time, initially decided not to seat either candidate. The House Administration Committee assembled a task force to investigate, and conducted its own recount which resulted in a four-vote lead for McCloskey, who was then sworn into office.
As in 1985, the House in 2021 will be controlled by Democrats, who face potentially problematic optics of reversing a certified election while simultaneously railing against Republicans for not accepting Donald Trump’s loss, though the president is challenging much bigger margins in states won by Joe Biden.
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