Inside House GOP's unprecedented push to monitor midterm elections and prepare for legal fights
House Republicans are deploying "dozens and dozens" of staff across the country next Tuesday to ensure the midterm elections are being run cleanly and fairly as both parties fight tooth...
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House Republicans are deploying "dozens and dozens" of staff across the country next Tuesday to ensure the midterm elections are being run cleanly and fairly as both parties fight tooth and nail for control of Congress. The Committee on House Administration, which has jurisdiction over federal elections, runs an annual election watcher program aimed at adding additional oversight in districts where races are anticipated to be particularly close, and in some cases, paving the way for legal challenges if improprieties are found. Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., the panel's chairman, told Fox News Digital that this year's program will be "the most robust program the House has ever done." "We're building on the success that we had last cycle and recognizing that a large number of House races are likely to be close," Steil said. "The balance of power in the United States House of Representatives is at stake, and we wanna make sure that we have eyes and ears on the ground in close races across the country." BIDEN-APPOINTED JUDGE BLOCKS VOTER-FRAUD PROBES IN BATTLEGROUND STATES JUST DAYS BEFORE MIDTERMS How that plays out will vary from state to state depending on varying election laws, he explained. But many of those observers are potentially in for lengthy shifts. SENATE REPUBLICANS PUSH ELECTION DAY DEADLINE FOR CALIFORNIA'S MARATHON BALLOT COUNTS "Some jurisdictions that run their elections well, like Florida, their shift may end early in the evening. States that have kind of poor election policies, like California, those shifts go on for days on end until the counting is done," Steil said. "Two years ago, I went to Los Angeles County — about 10 million people — counts all their ballots at one location. And of course, we know California has bad election policy . They allow ballots to arrive after the polls have closed. And so I went to Central Count, met with our election observers as we watched ballots arrive days after the election. We want eyes and ears on the ground, rec…