{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://hageman.house.gov/media/press-releases/hageman-team-joins-house-election-observer-program", "Hageman Team Joins House Election Observer Program", "2024-10-30", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "House", "WY", "Harriet M. Hageman", "H001096", "hageman.house.gov", "hageman", "https://hageman.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, DC \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Harriet Hageman announced that members of her staff will participate in the House of Representatives Election Observer Program. The Election Observer Program will deploy congressional observers to election sites across the country in order to record on-the-ground, factual information for use during elections contests or seating battles and for other purposes.\n\nRepresentative Hageman stated, \u201cEarlier this year, the House of Representatives passed the SAVE Act, which I cosponsored, to require states to obtain proof of citizenship\u2014in person\u2014when registering an individual to vote, as well as to require states to remove non-citizens from existing voter rolls. The Chuck Schumer-led Senate failed to take up the bill.\n\n\u201cTo safeguard election integrity, we must use all means available to us. That is why my office is participating in the House Election Observer Program. Faith in our electoral process is the bedrock of our system of government. It is vital that every legal vote is counted, fraudulent voting is detected and reported, and proper chain of custody procedures for ballots are carefully followed at polling locations.\u201d\n\nBackground from the Committee on House Administration:\n\nAs of today, House Republicans have over 200 Republican congressional staffers signed up to participate from over 60 Member and Leadership offices and 12 full and subcommittees. The 2024 Election Observer Program is the most robust election integrity effort in House of Representatives history.\n\nAs the issue of election integrity continues to rise to the forefront in voters\u2019 minds, this program is more important than ever to ensure every lawful vote is counted in free, fair, and secure elections where the stakes are highest, including in races with serious election administration issues and in battleground districts where the majority is on the line.\n\n###\n\nContact: Chris Berardi, Sr. Advisor/Communications Director", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://hageman.house.gov/media/press-releases/hageman-team-joins-house-election-observer-program"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0939878411591053, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}