The Trump administration dismisses the remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), a federal, bipartisan panel that supports state election administration. According to reporting from NBC and The Week (UK), the departures remove all or the last remaining commissioners of the EAC, leaving the agency without its remaining leadership ahead of upcoming elections. The EAC is responsible for helping states run elections and for providing guidance and assistance related to federal election requirements, working across party lines to support uniform administration. Both sources describe the dismissals as occurring just months before the midterm elections, and both frame the action as affecting the commission’s ability to function with its full complement of members. Neither source attributes the dismissals to a specific policy reason in the provided text, but both indicate that the administration’s action reduces the EAC’s operational capacity by ending the tenure of the remaining commissioners. The EAC’s role continues in law through its mandate, but with fewer members it may face constraints in carrying out its bipartisan work supporting states.