Departing election commissioner Ravel urges Trump to change system

A Democratic member of the U.S. Federal Election Commission said she will resign and called on President Donald Trump to fix a system that has allowed unaccountable money to flow into politics “from a tiny, highly unrepresentative segment of the population.” Ann Ravel said she’ll step down March 1 from a term that would otherwise have run through April 30. Her exit means that Trump can select her replacement, allowing him to influence how election laws are enforced for several years.