“It appears she is violating Iowa voting law by remaining registered to vote and voting in a county and precinct where she does not reside.”
In a complaint filed to the House Committee on Ethics, a constituent is alleging Mariannette Miller-Meeks has violated state law and voted illegally in multiple elections.
Iowa state law requires voters to register to vote at their primary address and vote in the county where they primarily reside – but it appears Miller-Meeks has blatantly disregarded the law.
Miller-Meeks has repeatedly registered to vote and voted in Scott County – but multiple public records, including tax records and Miller-Meeks’ own campaign forms, indicate her primary address is in Wapello County.
The complaint also alleges Miller-Meeks has violated House ethics rules by flouting state law.
DCCC Spokesperson Mallory Payne:
“Miller-Meeks will do anything to keep her seat and continue delivering for her special interest donors – even, it would appear, violating state law to commit voter fraud. Iowans know Miller-Meeks is just another DC politician who isn’t looking out for them.”
A LeClaire resident has mailed a request for the federal Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ voting address.
The Miller-Meeks campaign did not respond to a request for comment for this article.
Iowa election law…defines a voter’s residence as “the place which the person declares is the person’s home with the intent to remain there permanently or for a definite, or indefinite, or indeterminable length of time.”
In late October 2022, Miller-Meeks changed her registration from her long-time Ottumwa address to the address of the home of a state senator in LeClaire.
According to voting records from Scott County, Miller-Meeks voted in the 2022 general election in Scott County.
Just before the June 4 primary election this year, Miller-Meeks changed her registered voting address to a Davenport apartment on Jersey Ridge Road and voted in the primary election.
According to Keuhl’s request for investigation, Miller-Meeks and her husband, Curtis Meeks, have owned 33 acres of land in Ottumwa since purchasing it in March 2003 and the couple constructed their home in 2004.
The most recent property tax statement, included Keuhl’s request, lists that Miller-Meeks and her husband received a homestead credit for the property in the past two tax periods; Miller-Meeks reported in congressional disclosure reports that she has a mortgage on her “personal residence in Ottumwa” in 2022 and 2023; and campaign contributions list her Ottumwa address as her mailing address.
“Though Miller-Meeks has been registered to vote at various addresses in Scott County for nearly two years now, the facts presented above strongly suggest that her residence — the home where she lives and the primary home where she sleeps at night — is in Wapello County,” the request states. “…Thus, it appears she is violating Iowa voting law by remaining registered to vote and voting in a county and precinct where she does not reside.”
Keuhl alleges that if Miller-Meeks provided an incorrect address for voting purposes, she violates U.S. House rules that require members to “conduct (themselves) at all times in a manner that shall reflect creditability on the House” and allows the ethics committee to deal with members’ violations of the law.
