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AdvertisementHart to petition election results to the U.S. House of RepresentativesHide TranscriptShow TranscriptELECTION A PARTISAN ISSUE. &gt;&gt; THERE WERE LOTS OF ISSUES WERE IT WAS AN INCONSISTENT PROCESS. REPORTER: DEMOCRAT RITA HART SPOKE TO KCCI FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE DISTRICT-WIDE RECOUNT ON THURSDAY. SHE CLAIMS THE RECOUNT WAS INCONSISTENT AND THOUSANDS OF LEGAL VOTES WENT UNCOUNTED. &gt;&gt; WHEN WE KNOW THERE WERE A LOT OF VOTES THAT WERE NOT EXAMINED, IT IS JUST SO CRUCIAL WE GET THIS RIGHT AND WE MAKE SURE EVERY PERSON’S VOTE IS COUNTED. REPORTER: HART AND HER CAMPAIGN PLAN TO APPEAL THE RESULTS IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. THEY ALSO COULD HAVE APPEALED THE CERTIFIED RESULTS TO THE IOWA JUDICAL SYSTEM, BUT SAY THAT PROCESS WOULD NOT HAVE ALLOWED ENOUGH TIME TO COUNT THE THOUSANDS OF VOTES THEY CLAIM SHOULD HAVE BEEN COUNTED. &gt;&gt; IT IS TRYING TO UNDERMINE THE ELECTION PROCESS BY TURNING IT INTO A PARTISAN POLITICAL PROCESS. REPORTER: REPULICAN MARIANNETTE MILLER-MEEKS CALLS HART’S PLAN A PARTISAN MOVE. THE PETITION WOULD CHALLENGE MILLER MEEKS’ 6 VOTE VICTORY IN AN ELECTION WHERE 400,000 IOWANS CAST THEIR BALLOTS. ONCE IT’S FILED, THE CASE WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE HOUSE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE IN WASHINGTON D.C. MILLER-MEEKS SAYS THAT TAKES THE POWER OUT OF IOWANS’ HANDS AND GIVES IT TO THE DEMOCRAT-CONTROLLED HOUSE. &gt;&gt; SHE WANTS A PARTISAN POLITICAAdvertisementHart to petition election results to the U.S. House of RepresentativesDemocrat Rita Hart spoke to KCCI for the first time since the district-wide recount on Thursday claiming the recount was inconsistent and thousands of legal votes went uncounted."I think there were lots of instances where it was an inconsistent process where, in some counties, votes were looked at and in other counties, they were not," Hart said during a Zoom interview on Thursday.Hart and her campaign plan to appeal the results in the U.S. House of Representatives. They also could have appealed the certified results to the Iowa judicial system — but say that process would not have allowed enough time to count the thousands of votes they claim should have been counted. Her Republican opponent, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, calls Hart's plan a partisan move. The petition would challenge Miller-Meeks' six-vote victory in an election where 400,000 Iowans cast their ballots. Once it's filed, the case will be reviewed by the House administrative committee in Washington, D.C.Miller-Meeks says that takes the power out of Iowans' hands and gives it to a Democrat-controlled House. "Every legal vote was counted," Miller-Meeks said on Thursday. "What Rita Hart wants to do is to not follow the rules of Iowa law. She wants a partisan political process in Washington, D.C., to override Iowa law."Democrat Rita Hart spoke to KCCI for the first time since the district-wide recount on Thursday claiming the recount was inconsistent and thousands of legal votes went uncounted."I think there were lots of instances where it was an inconsistent process where, in some counties, votes were looked at and in other counties, they were not," Hart said during a Zoom interview on Thursday.AdvertisementHart and her campaign plan to appeal the results in the U.S. House of Representatives. They also could have appealed the certified results to the Iowa judicial system — but say that process would not have allowed enough time to count the thousands of votes they claim should have been counted. Her Republican opponent, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, calls Hart's plan a partisan move. The petition would challenge Miller-Meeks' six-vote victory in an election where 400,000 Iowans cast their ballots. Once it's filed, the case will be reviewed by the House administrative committee in Washington, D.C.Miller-Meeks says that takes the power out of Iowans' hands and gives it to a Democrat-controlled House. "Every legal vote was counted," Miller-Meeks said on Thursday. "What Rita Hart wants to do is to not follow the rules of Iowa law. She wants a partisan political process in Washington, D.C., to override Iowa law."Loading more articles...

AdvertisementHart to petition election results to the U.S. House of RepresentativesHide TranscriptShow TranscriptELECTION A PARTISAN ISSUE. &gt;&gt; THERE WERE LOTS OF ISSUES WERE IT WAS AN INCONSISTENT PROCESS. REPORTER: DEMOCRAT RITA HART SPOKE TO KCCI FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE DISTRICT-WIDE RECOUNT ON THURSDAY. SHE CLAIMS THE RECOUNT WAS INCONSISTENT AND THOUSANDS OF LEGAL VOTES WENT UNCOUNTED. &gt;&gt; WHEN WE KNOW THERE WERE A LOT OF VOTES THAT WERE NOT EXAMINED, IT IS JUST SO CRUCIAL WE GET THIS RIGHT AND WE MAKE SURE EVERY PERSON’S VOTE IS COUNTED. REPORTER: HART AND HER CAMPAIGN...

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