Trump removes Election Assistance Commission members, report says
The move leaves the bipartisan election agency without commissioners and could halt federal support for voting systems and election administration, officials said.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump terminated the remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission , removing leadership of the independent federal agency responsible for certifying voting systems.
- The firings follow a Supreme Court decision bolstering presidential power to remove independent leaders, alongside Trump's persistent advocacy to implement nationwide proof of citizenship requirements and Election Day mail ballot deadlines.
- Of the four-member bipartisan commission created by the 2002 Help America Vote Act, one Republican appointee resigned while two Democratic appointees received termination notices from the White House Presidential Personnel Office on Thursday.
- Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes criticized the move as "irresponsible and dangerous," warning it undermines nonpartisan administration, while The Brennan Center for Justice noted the agency faces a leadership void.
- With the Trump administration having previously reduced the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the EAC's removal sparks alarm among election officials regarding federal interference and security support for states ahead of the midterms.
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A few months before the mid-term elections, the U.S. president separated himself from the last two commissioners of the federal agency responsible for supervising the elections, a decision denounced by the Democrats, which could temporarily paralyze the functioning of the agency.
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Trump terminates remaining members of Election Assistance Commission after landmark Supreme Court ruling expanded his powers
President Trump on Thursday terminated the remaining members of a federal panel that assists election administration officials nationwide after a landmark Supreme Court ruling granted him more power to fire members of independent agencies.
Ahead of the November midterm elections, President Donald Trump on Thursday fired the last two federal election officials who led the agency that ensures accurate and secure voting, US media reported.
Trump fires Democrats on election commission, Republican resigns
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump fired two Democratic members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, an agency charged with helping states facilitate accurate elections, and the Republican member resigned, a White House official said Thursday night.
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