Europeans To Monitor American Voters

shonagon53 writes "The United States is known as being the world's most stable democracy. But since the Florida 2000 fiasco, things have changed. Europe's famous Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) will now be monitoring the U.S. elections. The institution normally monitors elections in third world countries in transition, and in crisis areas or regions where civil wars have destabilized the political process. In november, the OSCE will be monitoring local and state elections in Kazakhstan, Skopje, Eastern Congo, Ouagadougou and... the United States. As the BBC reports, for some Americans this comes as a humiliation; others see it as a necessity, since they have lost trust in the American election process."

Comments

Hey!

[Crystalmonkey]

Hey! We are perfectly capable of voting on our own thank you! The Diebold company assures me of that.

This is great news...

[robotoil]

As an American, I welcome oversight from a foreign country. Oh, any by all means, let it be a 3rd world nation where they take the vote seriously.

Previous offers of election assistance

[dkleinsc]

Shortly after the mess that was the 2000 election, Fidel Castro offered to send Cuban election observers to Florida. I guess he does have a sense of humor.

Re:Previous offers of election assistance

[doorbot.com]

Shortly after the mess that was the 2000 election, Fidel Castro offered to send Cuban election observers to Florida. I guess he does have a sense of humor.

Actually, Saddam Hussein isn't busy, we should have him come by and monitor elections in the US. Who better to monitor an election than a guy that was so popular he had 100% participation among his population and won 100% of the vote?

2000 Election Bumper Sticker

[ImaLamer]

I always wanted to make this bumper sticker for Florida Democrats:

Don't Blame Me, I Accidentally Voted For Buchanan

Re:US votes?

[lavaface]

If Bush wins both the popular and electoral votes in November then what will you find to complain about?

Diebold?

Re:US votes?

[CaptainCarrot]

was paralysed when informed of WTC attacks

You're believing Michael Moore about this, aren't you? This is one of his many lies. Witnesses on the spot have a different story.

On the other hand, Kerry said of himself that when he learned of the attacks, he sat frozen for over a half hour. (This was on the 8 July Larry King Live interview.) Even if we were to believe that Bush froze, it was for no more than 7 minutes.

Good thing it wasn't Kerry on the spot then, huh?

Re:electronic voting from home

[Al Dimond]

Because people's home PCs are exactly the kind of secure platforms from which any good democracy should determine its future leaders.

Re:uncontrollable laughter

[jb.hl.com]

So? I know Fox, they'll just make a big map with all of the borders between European countries removed and label this new country "FRANCE".

Sneaky Ailes bastard.

The layout for the 2004 ballots

[quigonn]

Bush [ ]
[ ] Kerry

Let the courts decide which field belongs to which candidate

Re:"It failed us four years ago"

[brokenvoice]

Really.

So what does, "We won't forget this.", mean exactly? Next you'll invade Aberdeen to get access to (what's left) of north sea oil in a bid to liberate the Scots from the yoke of Blair the dictator?

You're a funny man. Go militia boy go!