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How Trump's Election Commission ousting could threaten midterms

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How Trump's Election Commission ousting could threaten midterms. President Donald Trump's decision to remove all members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) just months before the midterms threatens to "undermine" trust in American democracy and sets a "dangerous precedent," experts have told Newsweek. The White House confirmed that Trump removed the last three commissioners of the EAC on July 9, with two Democratic members dismissed and one Republican being allowed to resign, leaving the bipartisan agency without any sitting commissioners. It leaves the four-seat body effectively inoperable, as it cannot take formal action without commissioners in place. Senator Elizabeth Warren called Trump's decision a "BIG red flag,". Dr. Sam Power, a political scientist at the University of Bristol, said "changing the rules close to an election is a classic backsliding signal."