Fast Company
US · 1 hrs ago
A key federal election agency suddenly has no commissioners. Here’s why that matters.
The Trump administration gutted a bipartisan federal agency that oversees elections on Thursday, a worrying decision with midterms just around the corner.
The two Democratic members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission were fired via email, Reuters reported, while the only Republican member was ordered to resign. The commission, created by Congress more than two decades ago, is now leaderless with a major federal election quickly approaching.
Because states oversee elections in the U.S., t
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