Comment on Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ attorney: Request for rejected ballots ‘normal due diligence’

Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and her attorney say their position has not shifted in the still unresolved election contest in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District.But the pair shied away from saying whether a recent search for rejected ballots signaled a change in repeated claims that every legal ballot was counted.Miller-Meeks’ attorney has reached out to at least six county auditors requesting lists of rejected ballots, according to reporting by the Quad-City Times and Iowa City Press-Citizen.Asked whether her stance that every legal vote was counted has changed, Miller-Meeks on Friday reiterated Iowa courts, not Congress, should make such a determination.“It’s shocking that (Rita Hart) would tell Congress to ignore Iowa laws,” Miller-Meeks told reporters in a conference call.