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Trump Fires Election Assistance Commission, Threatens Poll Worker Jails

7/27/2026

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U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed the Election Assistance Commission members, leaving the agency without officials for polling-place workers.
Trump claimed China interfered in the 2020 election during an address.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin warned that overseers could be jailed for not complying with the administration’s election changes.
Senators Richard Gephardt and Tim Wirth of Keep Our Republic called the moves a “rolling coup.”

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U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed the Election Assistance Commission members, leaving the agency without officials for polling-place workers.
Trump claimed China interfered in the 2020 election during an address.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin warned that overseers could be jailed for not complying with the administration’s election changes.
Senators Richard Gephardt and Tim Wirth of Keep Our Republic called the moves a “rolling coup.”