Election Assistance Commission members Thomas Hicks and Benjamin Hovland fired

Date

Jul 9, 2026

Kind

Independent agency

Legal outcome

Unchallenged

Source

aljazeera.com ↗

Agency or court

Election Assistance Commission

What happened

Trump fired the commission's two Democratic members by email and the Republican Christy McCormick resigned, leaving the bipartisan body that certifies voting systems with no sitting commissioners four months before the midterms. The firings followed the Supreme Court's Trump v. Slaughter ruling; the White House said the president "reserves the right to remove individuals that may not be totally aligned with the important task of securing America's elections." No lawsuit had been reported.

Publisher

Al Jazeera