President Donald Trump fired the remaining three members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, or EAC, just months before the midterm elections, according to Reuters.
The action follows a landmark Supreme Court decision overturning 90 years of precedent, granting Trump near-unlimited power to dismiss agency heads, even those Congress designed to be independent with merit protections.
The EAC assists states in administering elections and provides guidance on voting procedures.
According to Blanco, Trump and his associates have spent the past year discussing ways to circumvent the EAC regarding voting machine system updates and changes.
The move coincides with Trump’s broader push to impose strict federal oversight of state mail-in voting procedures and investigate election workers nationwide.
Trump continues to promote conspiracy theories about the 2020 election being rigged against him.
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