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The White House on Friday confirmed executive action against members of the Election Assistance Commission.
WHY THIS MATTERS · This matters because the November 2026 midterms run under a patchwork of new state laws, roll purges, and active lawsuits, meaning contested counts and certification fights could leave control of Congress disputed well into 2027.
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local3news.com — President Trump Ousts Federal Election Commission Members | Decision
"The White House on Friday confirmed the executive action against members of the Election Assistance Commission"
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- The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in the Rebecca Slaughter case that Trump can fire independent agency political appointees without cause.
- The EAC previously declined to change the national voter registration form to require documentation of applicants' US citizenship.
- The commission's Republican member Christy McCormick resigned; former commissioner Donald Palmer had left voluntarily earlier this year.
- Trump removed the two Democratic members of the Election Assistance Commission, Thomas Hicks and Benjamin Hovland, via executive action.
- A federal judge blocked Trump's March 2025 election executive order, ruling it exceeded presidential authority over election management.
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