LWV: EAC Commissioner Removal is a Dangerous Escalation

The League of Women Voters issued the following statement from CEO Celina Stewart in response to President Trump's removal of the serving commissioners of the bipartisan US Election Assistance Commission (EAC): 

"Removing the commissioners of the Election Assistance Commission is a direct attack on the independence of our nation's election infrastructure. This extraordinary action strips the EAC of its bipartisan leadership at a moment when election officials need support, stability, and protection from political pressure.  

“The American people deserve elections administered by trusted professionals, not shaped by political interference. This is not a routine personnel decision — it is a dangerous escalation in the effort to weaken the safeguards that protect free and fair elections in the November midterms.” 

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