A House panel voted Tuesday to eliminate an independent federal agency charged with helping states to improve their voting systems, keeping them modernized, secure and accurate.

The Election Assistance Commission, which was created in 2002 after the 2000 Florida recount, was eliminated by the House Administration Committee in a 6-3 vote along party lines.

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