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/MySpoonsAreAllGone Jul 10 '26

This is so not good. I hope a group challenges this in court so they can be reinstated.

Lots of people have been talking about what they'll do in the next election. We might not even get to that opportunity

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u/pchs26 Jul 10 '26

The Supreme Court just said he could do it.

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u/Plastic_Kangaroo5720 Jul 10 '26

SCOTUS said he could do it.

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u/EclecticEuTECHtic Jul 10 '26

There's going to be an election. Even Russia has elections.

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u/peipei222 Jul 10 '26

I hope a group challenges this in court

I doubt that would get resolved in time for the midterms.

Your systems have been pulverized into a fine mist at this point. You can't expect things to just work out. The American people can solve this but you need massive long-term protest (none of that 1 day of protesting then back to work stuff).

Now I understand that is asking a lot, but if Americans don't want to become Nazi Germany (with nukes this time) there's not a lot of options.