House Committee on House Administration

The House Committee on House Administration deals with the general administration matters of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Subcommittees

 * Subcommittee on Elections
 * Subcommittee on Capitol Security

2006 Florida 13th district election: Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) and Christine Jennings
The 2006 congressional election between Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) and Christine Jennings was decided by just 370 votes. In 17,000 to 18,000 ballots, voters did not choose either candidate. In election administration terminology, this is known as an "undervote" and may indicate a failure of Sarasota's direct-recording electronic (DRE) voting machines. The Help America Vote Act of 2002 was passed to correct election administration errors.

In May, 2007, the Committee created a special task force to investigate the 18,000 ballot undervote.


 * For more information on Florida's 2006 13th district election controversy:

Chair Millender-McDonald dies; Rep. Brady takes over on interim basis
On April 22, Chair Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-Calif.) died of cancer. She was replaced as chair of the committee by Rep. Bob Brady (D-Pa.) on an interim basis.

On May 24, Brady was named permanent chair of the committee by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).

Resources

 * The dKosopedia page on the House Committee on House Administration.

Related Congresspedia/SourceWatch resources

 * Help America Vote Act

Contact
[URL: http://cha.house.gov/ Committee Web site]


 * Majority staff office - (202) 225-8281
 * Minority staff office - (202) 225-2061