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My wife's words: "It is a pretty sad state of affairs when you are a citizen of the United States (Original Post) diabeticman Oct 2012 OP
I don't wonder at all. I believe the Right/Republicans will try to steal the election, If possible. BlueJazz Oct 2012 #1
HEY WAIT A MINUTE. THAT IS ACTUALLY A WONDERFUL IDEA!!! Tigress DEM Oct 2012 #2
The UN refuses tavalon Oct 2012 #25
A lot of Republicans hate the UN gollygee Oct 2012 #46
What's even worse tblue Oct 2012 #3
Not to worry, the UN Election Monitors are (IN FACT) on their way, 99th_Monkey Oct 2012 #4
International Observers--Yes! marions ghost Oct 2012 #5
Do you know 99th_Monkey Oct 2012 #7
Yes, they are affiliated with the UN nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #11
Kewl man! nt 99th_Monkey Oct 2012 #12
Described in the article as marions ghost Oct 2012 #13
I thought I'd seen that, but didn't want to have to back-track it down. thanx. nt 99th_Monkey Oct 2012 #19
President Carter has a big hand in this. He has seen election fraud all over the world tavalon Oct 2012 #26
I hope Jimmy gets up on his hind legs about this election 99th_Monkey Oct 2012 #43
"Draws criticism from voter-fraud groups" - tells you all you need to know about them, huh? Scootaloo Oct 2012 #16
I didn't actually see any mention of criticism from voter fraud groups in the body of the story nxylas Oct 2012 #35
Yes it did. There are two paragraphs about it, here 99th_Monkey Oct 2012 #44
They'll spin this into a Black Helicopters and Moon Rays type conspriacy Taverner Oct 2012 #29
They already are. Fawke Em Oct 2012 #41
Wow. Talk about a "parallel universe" 99th_Monkey Oct 2012 #42
+1 ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #45
That is great news! txdemsftw Oct 2012 #6
They should have been here since Florida 2000 DJ13 Oct 2012 #8
I'm pretty sure I recall bush the lesser blocking them in 2004. n/t Egalitarian Thug Oct 2012 #18
My Brit friend asked how come the US can go to other countries and ensure fair elections HipChick Oct 2012 #9
GOOOOOOOOOD question marions ghost Oct 2012 #17
Because Jimmy Carter is too busy... Wounded Bear Oct 2012 #20
And I say, 'bout bloody time nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #10
The sad state of affairs is that the situation has gone utterly unaddressed until now n/t IDemo Oct 2012 #14
Sad indeed. And I can think of quite a few other adjectives as well that apply. 99th_Monkey Oct 2012 #21
Wise words from your wife, diabeticman.. Cha Oct 2012 #15
That won't help if the fraud is inside of the electronic voting machines where no one can see it. nt Tx4obama Oct 2012 #22
Jimmy Carter's organization wouldn't monitor our election years ago. MelissaB Oct 2012 #23
Carter said the US didn't meet the minimum standards for his organization to Blue Meany Oct 2012 #27
The Carter Center does not monitor US elections due to the appearance of being partisan. I emailed Mnemosyne Oct 2012 #28
This is a really good ideal... GetTheRightVote Oct 2012 #24
That is a fantastic idea. n/t Smickey Oct 2012 #30
It's terrible that we even have to worry about this. spaulettea Oct 2012 #31
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Oct 2012 #32
After 2000, who's wondering? DFW Oct 2012 #33
The fact that slimy KR is involved in the election... ailsagirl Oct 2012 #34
Never EVER forget this: DFW Oct 2012 #38
Yes it is. But that is what it has come to thanks to Republican Bull Shit Pakid Oct 2012 #36
What's even sadder... TroglodyteScholar Oct 2012 #37
It's a damn shame but we're stuck with it ailsagirl Oct 2012 #40
It's kinda misleading to describe it as "the U.N." War Horse Oct 2012 #39
 

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)
1. I don't wonder at all. I believe the Right/Republicans will try to steal the election, If possible.
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 08:51 PM
Oct 2012

I don't trust them in any way, shape, form or fashion.

tblue

(16,350 posts)
3. What's even worse
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 08:52 PM
Oct 2012

is that the UN won't. We aren't allowed such a luxury because we are just too exceptional.

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
4. Not to worry, the UN Election Monitors are (IN FACT) on their way,
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 08:54 PM
Oct 2012

and the Voter ID peeps, (read Voter Suppressors) are whining bloody murder.

Sure makes you wonder, what do they have to hide?


International monitors at US polling spots draw criticism from voter fraud groups
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/263141-international-monitors-at-polling-places-draw-criticism-from-voter-fraud-group

marions ghost

(19,841 posts)
5. International Observers--Yes!
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 09:03 PM
Oct 2012


Excerpt from your article:

"The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), a United Nations partner on democratization and human rights projects, will deploy 44 observers from its human rights office around the country on Election Day to monitor an array of activities, including potential disputes at polling places. It's part of a broader observation mission that will send out an additional 80 to 90 members of parliament from nearly 30 countries."

To the NAACP and other groups who pressed for this Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you
 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
7. Do you know
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 09:07 PM
Oct 2012

if the OSCE is affiliated with the UN?

If not, I should probably make a few edits here and there.

tavalon

(27,985 posts)
26. President Carter has a big hand in this. He has seen election fraud all over the world
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 06:35 AM
Oct 2012

and he's seen it here just as bad as the dictatorial third world contries

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
43. I hope Jimmy gets up on his hind legs about this election
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 07:10 PM
Oct 2012

and make LOTS of noise about it, using his own experiences
keeping democracy honest around the world for decades.

Palast has counted at least NINE, yes NINE different ways
the GOP is cheating this time around. WAY more comprehensive
and sweeping than 2000 and 2004. They've refined election
fraud to a ruinous corrosive science.

nxylas

(6,440 posts)
35. I didn't actually see any mention of criticism from voter fraud groups in the body of the story
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 05:34 PM
Oct 2012

Just the headline and the comments thread, which, inevitably, is filled with comments from sub-literate white trash about how teh nigerz is gonna riot if Obama loses and how he only won because of those two Panthers in Philly.

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
44. Yes it did. There are two paragraphs about it, here
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 07:13 PM
Oct 2012

The 5th & 6th paragraphs, to be precise.

The request for foreign monitoring of election sites drew a strong rebuke from Catherine Engelbrecht, founder and president of True the Vote, a conservative-leaning group seeking to crack down on election fraud.

“These activist groups sought assistance not from American sources, but from the United Nations,” she said in a statement to The Hill. “The United Nations has no jurisdiction over American elections.”
 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
42. Wow. Talk about a "parallel universe"
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 07:05 PM
Oct 2012

of perverse proportions. I'm speechless.

How the GOP can do this with a straight face is beyond me.

DJ13

(23,671 posts)
8. They should have been here since Florida 2000
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 09:12 PM
Oct 2012

Its pretty obvious that election and every national election since has had irregularities that wouldnt be out of place in any third world country.

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
9. My Brit friend asked how come the US can go to other countries and ensure fair elections
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 09:17 PM
Oct 2012

but can't make sure it happens at home..

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
10. And I say, 'bout bloody time
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 09:17 PM
Oct 2012

2004 saw a lot of problems, so did 2008, and let's not go into AZ just this year.

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
21. Sad indeed. And I can think of quite a few other adjectives as well that apply.
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 09:29 PM
Oct 2012

Such as shameful, UN-American, anti-democratic, fascist, et. al.

Especially since we specialize in using the most powerful military force ever assembled in the
history of humankind, to bully other nations into doing our bidding ... all under the banner
of ... you guessed it ... "spreading democracy".

Cha

(297,774 posts)
15. Wise words from your wife, diabeticman..
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 09:22 PM
Oct 2012

It's what the goPropaganda party has been doing since their Coup in 2000.

MelissaB

(16,420 posts)
23. Jimmy Carter's organization wouldn't monitor our election years ago.
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 09:53 PM
Oct 2012

Am I not right?

Our voting is effed up!

 

Blue Meany

(1,947 posts)
27. Carter said the US didn't meet the minimum standards for his organization to
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 04:09 PM
Oct 2012

observe the election. I don't remember that he specified what the issues were.

Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)
28. The Carter Center does not monitor US elections due to the appearance of being partisan. I emailed
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 04:17 PM
Oct 2012

them in 2004 and that was the reply.

spaulettea

(12 posts)
31. It's terrible that we even have to worry about this.
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 04:34 PM
Oct 2012

And then there's voter suppression. Yet we supposedly live in a democracy? I'm still reeling from election 2000.

DFW

(54,447 posts)
33. After 2000, who's wondering?
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 04:50 PM
Oct 2012

If it were up to Karl Rove, the heads of the Federal Election Commission would be Mahmoud AhmadiNejad and Robert Mugabe.

ailsagirl

(22,899 posts)
34. The fact that slimy KR is involved in the election...
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 05:10 PM
Oct 2012

makes me very, very uneasy. I keep remembering 2004-- it's something I'll remember the rest of my life. It was terrible and there wasn't a damn thing that could be done about it.

DFW

(54,447 posts)
38. Never EVER forget this:
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 05:54 PM
Oct 2012


One of most chilling moments in American electoral history because it was so blatant and so true.

Pakid

(478 posts)
36. Yes it is. But that is what it has come to thanks to Republican Bull Shit
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 05:37 PM
Oct 2012

The Republican has become so twisted and evil that they make Satan seem like a nice guy!

TroglodyteScholar

(5,477 posts)
37. What's even sadder...
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 05:49 PM
Oct 2012

We should have had the UN here to stop the widespread RW fraud we knew was coming after living through the the 2000 (s)election.

ailsagirl

(22,899 posts)
40. It's a damn shame but we're stuck with it
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 06:18 PM
Oct 2012

At least it's out in the open and people now believe that voter fraud is a reality and that it's a major threat to democracy. I think a lot of people (not DUers) were in denial for quite awhile but there was too much evidence to the contrary. Now they know better.

War Horse

(931 posts)
39. It's kinda misleading to describe it as "the U.N."
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 06:10 PM
Oct 2012

The RWNJs are fetching their fainting couches over that one. As has been correctly stated above, it's most certainly a UN partner - created during the freaking Cold War.

http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1985/73085b.htm

http://www.osce.org/who

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