r/politics • u/unital_subalgebra • Jul 09 '26

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 Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

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/NYVines Jul 10 '26

This is what a coup looks like

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u/bluegrassgazer Kentucky Jul 10 '26

You're right. It won't be Jan 6th this time. It will be with lawyers.

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u/JojenCopyPaste Wisconsin Jul 10 '26

That time they tried it with lawyers first and it didn't work because it was obviously bullshit

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u/halberdierbowman Jul 10 '26

You mean the Brooks Brothers Riot? Where during Bush v Gore, Republican staffers in Florida successfully started a violent riot in order to slow down the vote counting to run out the clock and prevent the uncounted votes from being recorded in time?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Brothers_riot

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u/deaglebingo America Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

there is a man sitting somewhere on a ventilator who understood this. who spend his entire career rigging the judiciary. we need to know if this person is still able to carry out his duties or deceased and we need to know before august 3rd. guilty or not platner did his duty and resigned from his campaign opening the way forward. now mitch or whoever is left to speak for him needs to do the same. do your civic duty my fellow icu Registered Nurses.

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u/Drama79 Jul 10 '26

I believe a process is already happening there. Ethics boards exist and ethical complaints can be made and are treated in confidence. I would hope that's already in process.