Election 2026 Trump Commission
FILE - Commissioner Thomas Hicks takes a picture during the U.S. Election Assistance Commission Standards Board in-person public meeting, April 24, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C.
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President Donald Trump has ousted members of a bipartisan federal election commission charged with assisting state and local elections officials. The White House confirmed Friday that Trump is taking executive action to change the makeup of the Election Assistance Commission. That agency distributes federal grants to states, tests voting systems and maintains the national voter registration forms. It is the latest move in Trump's effort to expand White House influence over how U.S. elections are conducted, and it comes after a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that gave the president new personnel authority to fire members of independent agency boards.
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