Election Commission Ouster

President Donald Trump removed the three remaining members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, firing Democrats Benjamin Hovland and Thomas Hicks and forcing out its last Republican commissioner, leaving the four-seat panel vacant. The White House confirmed the action after Trump moved late Thursday, months before the midterm elections. The EAC distributes federal election grants to states, oversees voting-system testing and maintains the national voter registration form. The commission had resisted Trump’s push to require proof of U.S. citizenship on federal voter registration forms.