President Targets Election Commission | Odessa News

Odessa News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 13, 2026 · 1m

The president’s surprise purge of the bipartisan Election Assistance Commission—stripping it of its last two Democratic members—signals a bold, controversial push to reshape election administration, just months before midterms. With the commission now gutted, the White House claims it’s acting to secure elections and count every legal vote, but critics scream this move politicizes the process and erodes vital checks and balances. The commission, once a symbol of bipartisan election oversight, now faces paralysis as the president’s power to fire agency heads expands after a Supreme Court…