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Trump ousts members of bipartisan election commission ahead of midterms

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By Aaron Pellish Verified, Zach Montellaro Verified
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1 hour ago REPORTS: Trump fires members of Federal election agency YouTube • 1h Jen Psaki breaks down new reporting that Donald Trump has fired the remaining commissioners of the bipartisan Election Assistance Commission. MS NOW cannot independently confirm the reports. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow » Subscribe to MS NOW’s We the People Newsletter for exclusive content from your favorite MS NOW anchors.
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Trump ousts members of bipartisan election commission ahead of midterms

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By Aaron Pellish Verified, Zach Montellaro Verified
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President Donald Trump has ousted the remaining commissioners from a bipartisan federal agency charged with helping state and local officials conduct elections in an apparent move to assert control over voting ahead of the midterms. The president removed the two Democratic members of the Election Assistance Commission on Thursday while a Republican was allowed to resign, according to a White House official and three other people familiar with the dismissals.
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The Voting Rights Act is now a ‘dead letter’ after latest Supreme Court decision Original

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By Zach Montellaro Verified
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“Very little remains,” said NAACP general counsel Kristen Clarke, who led the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division during the Biden administration. “There’s some small protections with respect to language access, an important prohibition on voter intimidation, but very little remains. This is a dark day in our democracy.” The immediate impact of the decision on the upcoming midterms is not yet known, with primaries in many states already underway.
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