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April 8, 2008

WASHINGTON – Today, the Committee on House Administration, led by Chairman Robert Brady, D-Pa., and Ranking Republican Vernon Ehlers, R-Mich., heard from election officials and experts expressing concern over the dire need for increased voter education and adequate training for poll workers.


March 31, 2008

WASHINGTON – Today, the Ranking Republican of the Committee on House Administration’s Elections Subcommittee, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., introduced the Military Voting Protection Act of 2008 (MVP Act). The MVP Act, cosponsored by the Committee’s Ranking Republican, Rep. Vern Ehlers, R-Mich., and Rep.


March 11, 2008

WASHINGTON – Today, the Committee on House Administration’s Subcommittee on Elections called upon officials from the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to answer questions regarding operational challenges and the Commission’s failure to update the Federal Mail Voter Registration Form.


February 24, 2008

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives, by unanimous consent, passed a resolution to dismiss the contest filed in Florida’s 13th District.


February 7, 2008


WASHINGTON – Today, the three-member Task Force charged with examining the election contest filed in Florida’s 13th District moved to dismiss the contest after receiving the Government Accountability Office (GAO) final report indicating that the electronic voting systems used in Sarasota County functioned properly.


February 6, 2008

The Committee on House Administration's Republican Office web site, which is the online home of the Republican Members of the Committee of the House of Representatives charged with the oversight of federal elections and the day-to-day functions of the House of Representatives, has been redesigned for increased usability and improved functionality based on the needs of Republican Members of the


December 5, 2007

WASHINGTON - Today, the Subcommittee on Elections, led by Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Subcommittee Ranking Republican Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., received testimony from witnesses expressing concern over regulations that would prohibit pre-recorded calls from telemarketers and political campaigns, commonly referred to as robo-calls.


November 15, 2007

WASHINGTON — Today, the Subcommittee on Elections, led by Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Subcommittee Ranking Republican Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., conducted the second day of the voter registration and list maintenance hearing where Members heard from election administrators testifying on the safeguards needed to protect the nation's election security.


November 8, 2007

WASHINGTON — Today, the Subcommittee on Elections, led by Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Subcommittee Ranking Republican Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., received testimony from witnesses expressing concern with the Same-Day Voter Registration Act of 2007 (H.R. 2457), an election reform bill introduced by Representative Keith Ellison, D-Minn. As written, H.R.


November 6, 2007

WASHINGTON – Today, the Committee on House Administration led by Chairman Robert Brady, D-Pa., and Ranking Republican Vern Ehlers, R-Mich., conducted a hearing to review the recommendations of the Slave Labor Task Force to memorialize the contributions of slave labor in the construction of the U.S. Capitol.


 

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