Upset (D) Rita Hart supporters said their votes should have been counted and not tossed out in Iowa's 2nd Congressional District election. Iowa City voter Michael Overholt and several other Hart supporters held a virtual news conference with reporters. Their mission was to explain how their votes were tossed out in the November election. They said 22 votes in all could have led to Hart winning over (R) Congresswoman-elect Mariannette Miller-Meeks. She was the certified winner by six votes. Overholt and Trajae Lackland said they both had issues with the glue on the absentee voting envelopes. "The glue was not good enough and didn't seal," Overholt said. "If they are saying all the votes are counted, but there's 20 votes that's not counted that just doesn't make sense. And they're legal votes," Lackland said. "I was really disappointed when I heard this wasn't the reason why my ballot wasn't counted," Overholt said. The Iowa Democratic Party notified the Hart voters that auditors had rejected their ballots shortly after the election. Now their complaints are a part of the official election contest filed by the Hart campaign. It's up to House leaders to investigate the complaint, but Wednesday Miller-Meeks learned she will become the provisional congressional winner from Iowa. In a statement, the Miller-Meeks campaign attorney said every legal vote was counted. That this was a close race and that Miller-Meeks will be the next congresswoman from Iowa.