International Election Observers Monitor US Polls
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Description: NPR&#39;s Eric Weiner reports on a corps of international election observers who have been dispatched to several US states to monitor voting on Election Day.
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The United States said it had invited a team of experts from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to observe this year's US presidential election in line with commitments the group's members have made to each other.
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Problems loom for the presidential election including voting equipment changes that could delay the outcome past Nov. 2, a group of international observers said Tuesday in a report.
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Presidential Guidester polls voters, matches their positions with those of candidates.
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As thousands of election monitors arrive for Sunday's vote, critics complain of Western interference.
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Four years after a series of balloting problems in Florida sowed chaos and confusion in the US presidential race, foreign observers will on Wednesday begin a mission to oversee the elections in the United States.
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Serbia's electoral commission has barred observers from the United States and Britain from monitoring its presidential election this month.One member of the commission said the decision late Thursday came because the two nations backed Kosovo's drive for independence from Serbia.The United States and most EU nations have backed independence for the southern Serbian province, which has been run by the United Nations since 1999, when a NATO air war forced Belgrade to end a crackdown against Kosovo Albanian separatists. Read more
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Even non-Americans can cast a vote in the upcoming U.S. presidential election thanks to a Web site tracking world opinion on the race for the White House.
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Tens of thousands of poll monitors, challengers, lawyers and other activist observers are expected to clog voting precincts in battleground states Tuesday in what will probably be the most scrutinized U.S. election in at least 40 years.
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Foreign observers who watched election preparations in the United States have concluded that there's plenty of room for improvement. Among the changes they recommend: public financing of elections.
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NAIROBI, Kenya _ In Nigeria, bloggers documented chaotic scenes at polling places in April's presidential elections, which international observers said were marred by widespread fraud.
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A team of international observers will travel to five states beginning Friday to monitor preparations for the Nov. 2 presidential election.
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Iraqi authorities fear that the country's security crisis will discourage international monitors from coming here for the January election &#151; a development that could cast doubt on the legitimacy of the crucial vote.
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MOSCOW - After sharply cutting the number of of Western observers permitted to view polling places and drawing criticism from the United States, the Kremlin warned foreigners yesterday not to interfere in Russia's parliamentary elections.
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Hundreds of observers will monitor next week's election to ensure there is no discrimination.
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International observers have endorsed Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election, rejecting opposition calls for a new poll amid reports of fraud.
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UNITED NATIONS -- Most international specialists assessing the fairness of Iraq's elections will monitor the Jan. 30 vote from the safety of neighboring Jordan, but a few observers will head to Baghdad and perhaps other Iraqi cities if security permits, UN and other officials said yesterday.