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Title: US elections don't meet ‘international standards,’ OSCE observer warns
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RT
URL Source: https://www.rt.com/usa/364288-us-el ... -international-standards-osce/
Published: Oct 27, 2016
Author: Mike Blake
Post Date: 2016-10-27 09:26:45 by U don't know me
Keywords: None
Views: 802
Comments: 5
US elections don't meet ‘international standards,’ OSCE observer warns Published time: 27 Oct, 2016 10:48 © Mike Blake / Reuters The US electoral process hardly meets “international standards,” a German OSCE observer warns, citing shortcomings that would make it easier to influence voters. The remark comes amid accusations from both presidential campaigns of election interference. Juergen Klimke, a German observer of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), has told the Bild magazine that “the US electoral process still needs to catch up and adapt to international standards.” Klimke, who is also a foreign policy expert in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU party, cited difference in time zones as a major flaw. Read more © Carlos Barria 61% of Americans don’t feel represented by either Democrats or Republicans Because of the time shifts, “the first election results would already be announced at the time when in other states the polling stations are not yet closed,” he said, adding that it could have “an enormous influence on voters.” His remarks were echoed by Michael Georg Link, head of German OSCE observer group, who also voiced his concerns in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Up to 6 million Americans “are exempt from the vote,” Link stressed, meaning an estimated 3.2 US citizens serving prison terms or being convicted of crimes. In addition, some 2.6 million people have already served their sentences and are still not allowed to vote. In an unprecedented move, the OSCE has decided to deploy dozens of observers to the US. Around 500 of the organization’s officers are expected to arrive for the Election Day, marking a tenfold increase from 2012 election, when it had just 44 observers. Last Friday, Thomas Rymer, the spokesperson for OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, told Sputnik that eleven observers are already on the ground in Washington, DC, to examine “legal framework, candidate and voter registration, and media coverage, among others.” OSCE officers will not be able to monitor voting elsewhere in the US as 13 states explicitly prohibit international election observation, including Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia. For the most part, however, states do not regulate the issue, leaving the decision on admitting or rejecting both international and US observers to state or county election authorities. With less than two weeks to go until the 2016 Election Day, the most controversial and expensive presidential race that will likely cast a shadow over US politics for years to come is nearing an end. Both camps accuse each other of having a capacity to manipulate voters and falsify the results. Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, has recently warned of a “rigged” election, urging his supporters to act as “citizen observers” as well. In turn, Hillary Clinton’s staff and Obama administration officials speak of alleged Russian attempts to influence the US election.
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#1. To: U don't know me (#0)
Expect the predictions of a Hillary victory to come in fast and furious on election night, as they press to swing the polls out West.
OSCE should be nuked. It is none of their business.
Early voting results leaked from Arizona indicate a possible Vermin Supreme write-in landslide... McCain is being rejected, again. That is far from even being a little bit cute. The person who marked that ballot is probably some dumb libertarian fuckin’ up again because he/she doesn’t understand the write-in rules and procedures in Arizona or chooses to ignore them. The idiot who marked that Arizona ballot is definitely NOT making any point because officials will not be counting his/her vote for Vermin Supreme. Though a registered voter in Arizona can write-in any name on the ballot, it won’t count as a vote if the write-in named candidate hasn’t filed the paperwork to register as a write-in candidae by filing an Arizona Candidate Affidavit Form. To access the list of official write-in candidates, go to recorder.maricopa.org where you will find the only write-ins authorized for United States Senator from Arizona are:
The write in above was at the bottom of the section labeled "PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION". The line just below that says "UNITED STATES SENATOR", and then starts off with "MCCAIN, JOHN". NONE of the senatorial candidates are chosen. The only vote visible on this ballot is for PRESIDENT, you moron! It's good that you're looking over the Senator choices, because your Satanic pick McCain, sucks! Find someone better, or leave it blank. Because of the time shifts, “the first election results would already be announced at the time when in other states the polling stations are not yet closed,” he said, adding that it could have “an enormous influence on voters.”
#2. To: U don't know me (#0)
#3. To: Vicomte13, U don't know me, A K A Stone, Vernim Supreme (#1)
Expect the predictions of a Hillary victory to come in fast and furious
Castle(C), Stein(G), Johnson(L)
#4. To: hondo68, Vicomte13, U don't know me, A K A Stone, Stupid Libertarians (#3)
DUDIKOFF, SYDNEY
If the idiot who tried to be a smart ass really wanted to hurt McCain….he/she would have known the voting rules and written in one of the 8 names above.
BILYEU, SHEILA
SCOTT II, GENE
CAMBONI, ANTHONY
CHAVEZ, SANTOS
CLARK, LEONARD
LOPEZ, SELENA
QUINN, PAT
#5. To: Gatlin, looking over Senator write-ins (#4)
If the idiot who tried to be a smart ass really wanted to hurt McCain….he/she would have known the voting rules and written in one of the 8 names above.
Castle(C), Stein(G), Johnson(L)
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