Months before the midterms, the only federal agency dedicated solely to election administration is now unable to do anything.

Trump fired all three remaining members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission on Thursday, abruptly disabling the only federal agency devoted solely to election administration at a moment when Trump has sought to reshape federal voting rules.

The two Democratic commissioners, Thomas Hicks and Benjamin Hovland, were notified by email. “On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as Commissioner of the Election Assistance Commission is terminated, effective immediately. Thank you for your service,” the email said. It was signed by Morgan DeWitt Snow, deputy director of presidential personnel in the Executive Office of the President.

The third commissioner, Republican Christy McCormick, was allowed to resign, according to three sources within the agency. McCormick declined to comment when reached by phone. The agency’s fourth commissioner, Republican Donald Palmer, voluntarily departed the agency earlier this year to join the Heritage Foundation.

  • WanderWisley@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    This was the plan from the beginning. Don’t act surprised now or when there are armed men at polling stations on Election Day.

  • jaykrown@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Drump is one of the most hated presidents in US history, seriously none of this will work out in the favor of the Republican party. Fuel shortages start soon, all thanks to Trump’s economy.

    • orbitz@lemmy.ca
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      6 days ago

      Yeah that’s for countries that don’t respect democracy, not… Oh nevermind.

      I’m not sure the last time I saw the phrase international observers offhand (I am sure it’s happened but just missed it) but they are definitely needed in that country. They seem to be degrading themselves to third world, in function if not by cold war meaning.

      • irish_link@lemmy.world
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        4 days ago

        Umm excuse me. Who the hell do you think you are calling us a third world. That label belongs to shit whole countries didn’t you hear our lord and DT say so about another country. How dare you accuse us of being like THEM.

        Okay I can only act like that so much before I start to vomit. All jokes aside we are more in line with a 4th world (even if there is no such thing) instead of a 3rd world. I still can believe this motherfucker got elected TWICE.

  • brezel@piefed.socialEnglish
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    6 days ago

    i think it’s so funny how americans think they live in a democracy while one guy just fires whomever he wants.

    • smeenz@lemmy.nz
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      5 days ago

      To be fair, a democracy is normally a system where the people elect a smaller group of representives to make decisions for them.

      I don’t think any country has implemented a full direct democracy where the entire population votes on everything.

    • Lenggo@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      But not just anyone… The court said he couldn’t fire that guy from the fed, cause that’s clearly the only important thing that the president needs oversight on /s. Despite the fact that he’s destroying the economy other ways. It’s all fucking ridiculous

    • Napster153@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      Democracy requires public commitment, but people will always choose what benefits them in the shortest expanse at the cost of long term benefits.

      When the ancient greeks who layed the groundwork can pinpoint the cycle to a fault, isn’t that a sign of a system that is dubious at best in its performance?

    • Trilogy3452@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 days ago

      Was there always a lack of repercussions to illegal actions or were administrations playing nice for the most part?

      I’m guessing like with other actions some federal judge will ask to reinstate them when it’s far too late

      • VindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 days ago

        There were repurcussions most of the time until Nixon got pardoned. Grant got a speeding ticket on a horse from a beat cop who knew exactly who he was, and Grant paid the ticket. But after Nixon, all bets were off.

      • almost_genocide@lemmy.world
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        5 days ago

        Was there always a lack of repercussions to illegal actions or were administrations playing nice for the most part?

        Oh my god how much more evidence do you need to acknowledge they’re in on it?

        • Trilogy3452@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          5 days ago

          I’m not following, are you saying the judges are? This administration? All previous administrations and this one?

          • almost_genocide@lemmy.world
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            5 days ago

            Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden along with Ginsberg, Schumer, Pelosi, McConnell and more.

            They serve corporations, billionaires and Israel. They don’t give a fuck about you.

      • monotremata@lemmy.caEnglish
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        5 days ago

        There was a supreme court decision during the current administration that basically said the president can’t be held accountable. It’s completely insane.

    • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 days ago

      It would be incredible and one hell of a historic moment if the Orange Pedophile’s reign, which has exposed all our system’s flaws, actually resulted in us plugging those holes and updating our political machine to prevent this all from happening again.

      But the bottom line is that would require voter action and Americans are dogshit stupid.

      • Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml
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        5 days ago

        Plug the holes of centuries of murder and pillage? Can you fix all the countries you’ve invaded or couped since WWII? Can you bring back all the dead fisherman or those 200 little girls trump killed this year? Can you bring back all the Iraqis, Afghanis, Vietnamese or Koreans?

        Death to America.

      • Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml
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        6 days ago

        Plug the holes of centuries of murder and pillage? Can you fix all the countries you’ve invaded or couped since WWII? Can you bring back all the dead fisherman or those 200 little girls trump killed this year? Can you bring back all the Iraqis, Afghanis, Vietnamese or Koreans?

        Fuck your country, man.

    • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
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      6 days ago

      i think it’s so funny how americans think they live in a democracy

      Not just any 'ol democracy, but the bestest one ever!!1!!

  • flop_leash_973@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Fired the Democrat, but “allowed the Republican to resign”. That is some petty shit. Not that it surprises me coming from Trump and the hairs he has hanging on to his balls like DeWitt.

    Can’t wait to see how much phantom voter fraud his administration uncovers exclusively in states run by people Trump personally doesn’t like. With no mention of how they know there is any fraud to begin with since it seems like they have fired everyone on the Federal side that had any direct insight into elections with this announcement.

    I’m sure someone in the media will get right on that line of thought when the time comes. /s

    • AA5B@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      Well they haven’t found fraud yet, have they? They need to be replaced with people who will find “fraud”, who will get the necessary votes, and disregard votes where there were “illegal immigrants” …… you can tell because they speak Spanish

    • almost_genocide@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      We were already cooking in 2008 and people were so excited about Obama they didn’t care to notice how the biggest things that happened during his administration were: legally requiring American citizens to become paying customers of health insurance companies, expansion of government and corporate surveillance and bailing out of billion dollar corporations.