What do you know? We may enter the 2020 election with a shorthanded Federal Elections Commission — the perfect handicap for a certain corrupt madman who lost the popular vote last time out.
As the pivotal 2020 election rapidly approaches, the Federal Election Commission, an independent federal agency charged with overseeing U.S. elections, is left with no enforcement power of any substantive matters with the resignation of Vice Chairman Matthew Petersen.
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The latest departure leaves the FEC with only three out of six commissioners, which means that the agency is one vote short of the minimum of four votes needed to initiate audits, engage in rulemaking, vote on enforcement matters, or even to issue an advisory opinion or to hold meetings.
It’s possible that it’s merely another administrative logjam, but I’m inclined to believe the Republicans want a dysfunctional FEC because they know they’ll get their asses kicked in a clean election.