In letters sent by Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat who's the committee's chairman, to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Brad Raffensperger, Georgia's secretary of state, Cummings said the committee is probing "recent reports of serious problems with voter registration, voter access, and other matters affecting the ability of people in Georgia to exercise their right to vote."
The letter said the committee is especially concerned about reports that voters "faced unprecedented challenges with registering to vote and significant barriers to casting their votes" while Kemp was serving as Georgia's secretary of state during November's election.
The investigation is also being overseen by the House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.
Kemp and Raffensperger did not respond to CNN's request for comment on Wednesday.
The committee is requesting a range of materials from the two Republican officials, including "(all) communications related to any voter roll purges," documents "related to closing, moving, or consolidating polling sites" and documents pertaining to the "sequestration" of voting machines.
It is also asking for documents related to "ethical or legal obligations or possible conflicts of interest" for Kemp, who was criticized for not resigning as secretary of state during his campaign.
The committee requested that the documents be handed over by March 20.
During the election, in which Kemp defeated his opponent, Democrat Stacey Abrams, voters reported experiencing a range of issues related to voting, including long lines, malfunctioning voting machines and issues with voting by provisional and absentee ballots.
A representative for Abrams did not respond to CNN's request for comment on Wednesday, nor did Fair Fight Action, a voting rights organization she created last year.
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