Trump Purges Election Officials in Midterm Power Grab

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President Donald Trump has fired the last three members of the Election Assistance Commission just months before the midterm elections.

The Commission is an independent government agency set up under President George W. Bush to help officials across the country administer elections.

One of the commissioners, a Republican appointee, was allowed to resign, while the other two, both Democratic appointees, were informed of their termination via email from ​the White House presidential personnel office, according to https://www.votebeat.org/national/2026/07/09/trump-fires-election-assistance-commission-members-hicks-hovland-mccormick/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.votebeat.org/national/2026/07/09/trump-fires-election-assistance-commission-members-hicks-hovland-mccormick/">VoteBeat.

The fourth commissioner previously left their role in April.

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