- President Trump removed the three remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission, including Democrats Benjamin Hovland and Thomas Hicks (fired) and Republican Christy McCormick (allowed to resign).
- The move leaves the bipartisan commission, established in 2003 to set voting standards and provide funding, in limbo and allows Trump to appoint replacements aligned with his election security agenda.
- Critics, including voter advocacy groups and Democratic state officials, condemned the dismantling as reckless, warning it undermines support for state and local election administration.
- A White House statement emphasized the president's right to remove individuals not fully aligned with securing elections and preventing fraud, especially ahead of the midterms.
- In March 2025, Trump ordered the EAC to change the national voter registration form to require proof of U.S. citizenship, a move pushed by allies but not yet voted on by the commission.
- The commission has faced issues like partisan infighting and underfunding but had recently made progress, such as setting new voting machine standards, often with unanimous decisions despite partisan divides.