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Trump purges an election agency

The newly leaderless Election Assistance Commission, briefly explained.

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Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump is purging a federal elections commission.

What’s happening? This is not the Federal Election Commission being purged, but rather the Election Assistance Commission, a bipartisan agency designed to make elections run more smoothly. The four-member commission was already down to three members before yesterday; then, Trump removed its two Democratic members while the remaining Republican member resigned.

What does the EAC do? In the........

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