The GOP attacks voting, a Signature Move Towards Authoritarianism

Just was informed by my dad about this:

“In a little-noticed 6-3 vote today, the House Administration Committee voted along party lines to eliminate the Election Assistance Commission, which helps states run elections and is the only federal agency charged with making sure voting machines can’t be hacked. The EAC was created after the disastrous 2000 election in Florida as part of the Help America Vote Act to rectify problems like butterfly ballots and hanging chads. (Republicans have tried to kill the agency for years.) The Committee also voted to eliminate the public-financing system for presidential elections dating back to the 1970s. This cannot be tolerated, especially at a time when our voting systems are still under attack. Its criminal.

This puts the function of the EAC under the Office of Management and Budget, aka, Mike Mulvaney’s plaything.
Director of the
Office of Management and Budget