President Donald Trump has removed the remaining three members of the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), an independent federal agency that supports election administration officials nationwide.
The final trio of commissioners from the four-member bipartisan commission was dismissed from their positions on Thursday.
The Republican appointee, Christy McCormick, was allowed to resign, while the two Democratic appointees, Chair Thomas Hicks and Benjamin Hovland, were let go via an email from the White House Presidential Personnel Office.
The fourth commissioner had already exited the commission in April.
White House confirmed to Reuters that the President has the authority to remove officials who are not fully aligned with protecting election integrity and ensuring every legal vote is counted, citing a Supreme Court ruling as support.
