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Donald Trump has terminated the remaining members of the independent, federal commission that assists election administration officials nationwide just a few months before the midterm elections, multiple outlets reported Thursday.<\/p>\n
The remaining three commissioners of the four-member bipartisan commission \u2060were forced out on Thursday in different ways. The one Republican appointee resigned and the other \u2060two, Democratic appointees were notified of their terminations via email from \u200bthe White House presidential personnel office.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn \u200cbehalf of President \u200cDonald J Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position \u200cas Commissioner of the Election Assistance Commission is terminated, effective immediately. Thank you for your service,\u201d the email, seen by Reuters, said.<\/p>\n
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n
The Election Assistance Commission serves as a \u201cnational clearinghouse of information on election \u200cadministration\u201d, accredits testing laboratories and certifies voting systems, and maintains the national mail-voter registration form developed by the National \u200bVoter Registration Act of 1993, according to the commission\u2019s website. The terminations follow Trump and top administration officials\u2019 advocacy to change vote-by-mail requirements and investigations into the 2020 election outcome, which Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is \u2060irresponsible and dangerous that this Administration remains dead set on \u200bcausing chaos for \u200bour election officials across this \u200bcountry,\u201d Arizona secretary of state Adrian Fontes said in a \u200bThursday statement. \u201cThis \u200cmove undermines the integrity \u200bof nonpartisan \u200belection administration.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 2002 law that established the commission, the Help America Vote Act, states the president can appoint replacements to the commission.<\/p>\n
It is unclear how Trump will move ahead with the commission.<\/p>\n
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