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Trump fired all three remaining members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission on Thursday, abruptly disabling the only federal agency devoted solely to election administration at a moment when Trump has sought to reshape federal voting rules.
The two Democratic commissioners, Thomas Hicks and Benjamin Hovland, were notified by email. “On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as Commissioner of the Election Assistance Commission is terminated, effective immediately. Thank you for your service,” the email said. It was signed by Morgan DeWitt Snow, deputy director of presidential personnel in the Executive Office of the President.
The third commissioner, Republican Christy McCormick, was allowed to resign, according to three sources within the agency. McCormick declined to comment when reached by phone. The agency’s fourth commissioner, Republican Donald Palmer, voluntarily departed the agency earlier this year to join the Heritage Foundation.
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They should still show up to work and do their jobs. I highly doubt they answer directly to the executive branch, or that the president even has the power to terminate them.
How were they selected in the first place? Are they elected, appointed, or hired? By whom? These are the questions that matter.
If they report to Congress, then I’m guessing at a minimum that it would take an act of congress to fire them. Not that republicans wouldn’t do it if trump asks, but there’s a narrow enough majority that a few spoiler votes could block it.
We need to stop letting trump get away with usurping the powers of the other branches of government.
Americans really aren’t paying attention. They (Supreme Court) just ruled the pedophile in chief can fire anybody now. Irregardless if it’s supposed to be an independent branch. You are all cooked
The EAC supports elections but doesn’t run them, states and counties do that. So firing all its members freezes a federal support office, not the election machinery itself.
Think of it as the standards lab that certifies equipment and hands out funds, not the referee on the field. The main effects:
• Frozen certification of new voting machines (existing ones stay valid). So new companies can’t provide new equipment. Possibly means ‘the fix is in’ by Musk or associates
• No rule changes to the federal registration form — which also blocks the administration from adding things like proof-of-citizenship before November. So this looks more like the regime is shooting it’s own foot here.
• Stalled grants and guidance to states.
Bottom line: it’s closer to paralysis than takeover, and it doesn’t change how you vote. The real open question is legal — whether firing bipartisan election commissioners survives a court challenge… if it is ever challenged in court by the dormant democrats.
which also blocks the administration from adding things like proof-of-citizenship before November.
You think that’s going to stop them? lol. You must be new around here. They broke it so they can “fix” it the way they always wanted it.
And they already won the court case. It was earlier this week at SCOTUS.
I’m not going to be surprised when they declare this election a horrible loss due to illegal voting in blue states no matter what the outcome is. Then they’ll use the noncompliance with illegal demands and lack of a federal oversight committee to declare an emergency around late October 2028.
they declare this election a horrible loss
What does that even mean tho? They declare random bullshit all the time and we all go “that’s nice dear” and get back to whatever we were doing already. What’s their plan after making this declaration?
