An unspecified number of Capitol Hill aides are being deployed as “official House election observers in close, or particularly cumbersome congressional elections, in the coming weeks,” according to Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), the ranking Republican member of the House Administration Committee.
The administration panel is responsible for exercising “the House’s constitutional responsibility to serve as the final ‘Judge of the Elections, Returns, and Qualifications of its Members,’” Davis told officials in identical Oct. 20 letters (pdf) sent to all 50 states.
