Trump fires members of elections agency, escalating his target of voting ahead of midterms

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“Trump is terrified of the sacred power we all hold as voters, and that’s why he wants to rig this election,” said NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson.

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President Trump made the unprecedented move to fire the remaining members of an independent elections agency, responsible for assisting states in administering federal elections, just months ahead of the midterm elections on Nov. 3.

On Thursday, Trump terminated two Democratic-appointed commissioners on the Election Assistance Commission, a bipartisan group established by law in 2002, effectively immediately, and accepted the resignation of a Republican-appointed commissioner, reports the New York Times.

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