'It's going to be a crisis': Turning out the lights at the undermanned FEC

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The Federal Election Commission will effectively shut down on Saturday because it will no longer have enough members to legally meet and conduct business.

to legally meet and conduct business, prompting concern about whether the Federal Election Commission will be able to oversee how money is spent in elections and determine if campaigns are following the law.

Weintraub urged President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to fast-track confirmations of additional FEC members., which at the time left the agency with four members. Trump has nominated Republican lawyer James Trainor III to the FEC several times but he has not yet been confirmed.perform oversight over elections

Ann Ravel, Chair of the Federal Election Commission, poses in her office at the FEC on July 17, 2015 in Washington.Ravel noted that the agency has garnered a reputation for being somewhat ineffective due in part to the requirement that the panel cannot have more than three members of the same political party, which she said has led to a deadlock. However, she stressed its role is in the election process is crucial.

 

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And the coup by a thousand inactions begins.

How convenient! Republicans have to cheat to win!

Sure, what to expect?

MeccaStarr7 BreakingBrown

😳 😮 🤯

EVBernin Maybe it's a positive thing. Let the general public apply for positions. There is a lack of representation anyway . Time for a new fresh start .

This is scary. All the safeguards are disappearing

As Trump asks for foreign help again.

Not unrelated the news about the Super PAC and Trump campaign coordinating via the Parscale owned companies.

“Undermanned”? I am shocked that NBC didn’t use a gender neutral description. Use of the word undermanned will cause the unraveling of our republic.

How convenient.

Why can't FEC add members or whatever they need?

How do I volunteer

OMG! how much more can we tolerate from this administration

What the fuck Talk about an unfair election. 🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻

BrianArizona classic.

This cannot be happening!

What the actual F.

Maybe Jimmy Carter could watch over the FEC

TheDemocrats ?

realDonaldTrump what's up with that?

damian_godden How does this happen?

They don't even care if they're obvious. They know they have to cheat. AGAIN.

This is grounds for Impeachment... gross incompetence.

Weaken the government just enough, and TraitorTrump can have what Putin has in Russia.

Putin doing his thing.

Well hey im looking for a job! Ill start asap!!

What the ducking phuck?

Our nation is going in the toilet. What's next?! 😟

This election is turning into a coup

Once a con, always a con...realDonaldTrump gathered the dirtiest of dirty, the swampiest of swampy people to Washington & then claimed he’s here to eliminate the swamp!! And his blind followers believed him!! Now they’re getting robbed blind!! LooooooL

thanks SpeakerPelosi! you are completely worthless ImpeachTrumpNOW

Well duh. The GOP doesn’t want fair elections.

Mission accomplished!

Can I be on it..?

Do they really matter

Trump and Putin won over FEC. Wake up America!!! America’s election on death row here

Literally the ONLY way GOP could win. They have to steal the elections.

Thanks to trump and the complicit GOP 😡

I suppose the Trump Brothers or Russia will over see our 'election' All results will come from the Kremlin.

Trump and GOP are so happy

The GOP refused to protect our electoral process. If Trump wins, no one should accept the results. We must make the protests in Hong Kong, Puerto Rico, & Russia look like a pep rally for kindergarteners. There’s no democracy if we can’t believe our election results.

WTF

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