Trump Removes Remaining Election Assistance Commission Members, Raising Oversight Fears
The move leaves the bipartisan agency without members as the Trump administration presses states over voter rolls and election records.
- President Donald Trump ousted the remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission this week, emptying the federal agency Congress created to oversee election administration, security guidance, and funding.
- The bipartisan commission's lone Republican appointee resigned, while two Democratic appointees were fired by email from the White House; the fourth commissioner had left in April.
- Harmeet Dhillon, head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, warned election officials in all 50 states earlier this week they could face criminal charges for allowing noncitizens on voter rolls.
- Election administrators like Jared DeMarinis dispute the administration's claims, noting existing protocols. John Dedie, a professor, warned the intervention resembles "big brother" tactics.
- Following a Supreme Court ruling permitting mail-in ballots last month, Trump is pushing the Save America Act. House Speaker Mike Johnson intends to pursue it through reconciliation despite Senate resistance.
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Ousted Election Assistance Commission chair on Trump's effort to control voting
Preparations for elections can take months or years. From registering voters to maintaining voting machines, it is carried out by state and local jurisdictions, with support from the federal government. But in this election year, the agency that helps those efforts is effectively unable to function. Geoff Bennett spoke with Thomas Hicks, who served on the Election Assistance Commission.
Fired Democrat Elections Assistance Commission Board Member Breaks Silence on NPR Interview * The Gateway Pundit * by Brian Lupo
Last week, The Gateway Pundit reported that President Trump exercised his newly confirmed executive power to terminate the service of so-called 'independent' federal agency commissioners. The authority of the chief executive of the United States was upheld by the Supreme Court in the Slaughter decision late last month. The post Fired Democrat Elections Assistance Commission Board Member Breaks Silence on NPR Interview appeared first on The Gate…
Trump Fires All Commissioners on U.S. Elections Assistance Commission — Should We Worry?: ‘BradCast’ 7/13/2026
It’s always a busy news weekend in the Trump Era. But, as made clear on today’s BradCast, this one was even busier than most. Much. [Audio to full story follows…
Fired Democrat Elections Assistance Commission Board Member Breaks Silence on NPR Interview - Politics, Policy, Political Views
Last week, The Gateway Pundit reported that President Trump exercised his newly confirmed executive power to terminate the service of so-called ‘independent’ federal agency commissioners. The authority of the chief executive of the United States was upheld by the Supreme Court in the Slaughter decision late last month. In his first major flex of this authority, President Trump terminated two Democrat commissioners on the Election Assistance Com…
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