Three of four remaining members of a bipartisan Election Assistance Commission are out of their jobs. Two Democrats were fired, and the remaining Republican was allowed to resign. A fourth member resigned in April.
A White House official said Trump “reserves the right to remove individuals that may not be totally aligned with the important task of securing America’s elections and ensuring every legal vote is counted.”
“The Slaughter decision gives the President precedence to do so,” the official said, referring to a recent SCOTUS decision that determined he could fire members of the FTC.
Trump can try to put forward replacements who will kiss his ass.
The four-member board is designed to be evenly split between Republicans and Democrats, all nominated by the president at the recommendation of congressional leadership and confirmed by the Senate.
In March 2025, Trump issued an executive order to change a national voter registration form to require proof of US citizenship to register to vote. Currently most states allow citizens to attest to citizenship with penalty of perjury.
“The EAC plays a critical role in supporting state and local election officials,” Cisco Aguilar, Nevada’s secretary of state and chair of the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State, said in a statement, “and it will again fall on Secretaries of State and other election administrators to fill the gap.”
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.
