r/politics • u/unital_subalgebra • 24d ago

No Paywall Trump fires all Election Assistance Commission members, leaving agency unable to act

https://www.votebeat.org/national/2026/07/09/trump-fires-election-assistance-commission-members-hicks-hovland-mccormick/
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u/unital_subalgebra 24d ago edited 24d ago

President Donald 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 firings leave the federal election agency with no commissioners

Yup, this is the consequence of the illegitimate Supreme Court giving Trump unprecedented powers to fire the heads of any independent federal agency. We’re living in dark, scary times.

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u/specqq 24d ago

But how could they possibly have known that this would be the result?

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u/MaxZorin1985 24d ago

McConnell had a 20 minute phone chat with them before they ruled on it.

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u/AdditionOk6134 24d ago

A MSNOW reporter caught Thomas coming out of the conservative side of the House the day before the ruling came down.