From CQ:
A House task force will investigate allegations that voting machine errors contributed to the razor-thin victory by Republican Vern Buchanan in Florida's 13th Congressional District.
By voice vote, the three-member House Administration Committee task force agreed to launch a formal investigation. They also agrees to use GAO experts to design a reliability test for the voting machines in question.
As expected, there's disagreement:
Republicans on the full committee, including Vernon J. Ehlers of Michigan, the ranking minority member, have argued that Congress should defer to the Florida court system. Democrats said such deference is not necessary.
"It's not a precedential requirement that we wait forever for the courts to act," said Democrat Zoe Lofgren of California, one of the members of the task force, which is headed by Democrat Charlie Gonzalez of Texas.
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