1. United States
2. Wash.
3. Letter

Restore the Election Assistance Commission immediately. Trump fired its last two Democratic members and the sole Republican resigned, leaving the agency that certifies voting machines and maintains national voter registration forms completely gutless. A White House official cited the June 29 'Trump v. Slaughter' decision as justification, but legal analyst Harry Litman called that a stretch — the ruling does not authorize disabling a congressionally created agency. The League of Women Voters got it right: this is a direct attack on the independence of our nation's election infrastructure. This isn't happening in isolation. The DOJ sent letters to election officials in all 50 states threatening criminal prosecution over noncitizen voting — a problem that barely exists — and gave them five days to hand over voter data that courts have repeatedly ruled illegal to demand. Utah's own Republican Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson called the letters what they are: threats against officials following the law. A political movement that can't trust voters will try to take power away from them instead. Congress needs to act now — investigate the DOJ's intimidation campaign, legislate the EAC back into operation, and make clear that rigging the 2026 midterms will not go unanswered.