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BREAKING: Rump Ousts Remaining Election Assistance Commission Members UPDATED [1]

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Date: 2026-07-09  

Breaking (in more ways than one): I can’t believe this is anything except really bad news:

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/trump-fires-election-assistance-commission-members-ahead-midterms-rcna353781

that one is paywalled

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/09/politics/trump-fires-election-assistance-commissioners

Trump fires Election Assistance Commission leaders

The White House on Thursday fired the leadership of the federal agency that provides funding and security guidance to election officials, according to sources familiar with the matter and an email reviewed by CNN — a move that’s already raising alarm bells among election officials about federal interference ahead of the midterms.

…With the Trump administration having gutted the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the EAC is one of the few remaining federal entities tasked with providing election security support to states. Created by Congress in 2002, the agency is meant to be bipartisan. It certifies voting equipment and has administered hundreds of millions of dollars in federal support for elections.

More if I can find it

Here’s the Guardian:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/09/trump-fires-election-commissioners

Trump fires last members of election commission, inciting fears of midterm ‘chaos’

Bipartisan Election Assistance Commission maintains mail-voter registration form, among other duties

…The remaining three commissioners of the four-member bipartisan commission ⁠were forced out on Thursday in different ways. The one Republican appointee resigned and the other ⁠two, Democratic appointees were notified of their terminations via email from ​the White House presidential personnel office.

So – basically Repubs STILL following his orders voluntarily!

…The Election Assistance Commission serves as a “national clearinghouse of information on election ‌administration”, accredits testing laboratories and certifies voting systems, and maintains the national mail-voter registration form developed by the National ​Voter Registration Act of 1993, according to the commission’s website. The terminations follow Trump and top administration officials’ advocacy to change vote-by-mail requirements and investigations into the 2020 election outcome, which Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden.

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