A House of Representatives committee on Wednesday rejected for now a motion from Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) that asked for the dismissal of an election contest. Rita Hart, who battled with Miller-Meeks for the opportunity to represent Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, alleges she won the 2020 election even though Miller-Meeks has been certified the winner by six votes and was sworn in on Jan. 4. Hart petitioned the House to include 22 uncounted votes, which would see Miller-Meeks defeated. In response, Miller-Meeks asked the House Administration Committee to dismiss the request. In a party-line vote, the committee on March 10 decided against doing so for now. “I’ll just say that I believe dismissal today would be a dereliction of our duty under the Constitution and under federal law,” Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) said during a meeting before the vote. She cited the Constitution’s Article 1, Section V, which states in …