Texas and Iowa have told international election observers they aren’t welcome. State laws prohibit the observers from entering the polls and Texas Attorney General Gregg Abbott has made it plain they will be arrested if they violate state law.
I posted a list of the international observers (accessible here) which I obtained. Many of the observers come from authoritarian countries, including countries that torture their citizens and repress free speech and religion.
While Texas and Iowa are telling these UN-style observers to go away, South Carolina is apparently rolling out the welcome mat. South Carolina Election Commission spokesman Chris Whitmire told Fox News: “We welcome them.”
- Chris Whitmire
Ironically, the international observer slated to come to South Carolina is Sergi Rachkov from Belarus. Rachov hovers at the U.N.
This former Soviet state bears the most resemblance to the old authoritarian Soviet Union of all the former states. The human rights record of Belarus is terrible, replete with repression of political opponents. Political opponents of the authoritarian Aliaxander Lukashenka are routinely imprisoned.
Maybe Chris Whitmire will be “welcomed” to observe the next election in Belarus, if it occurs.
Christian
no problem. Belarus officials take cash. if he is with UN, he may even take credit cards.
I thought UN officials preferred payment in children.
Oh look, the Belarus elections were observed by the OSCE/ODIHR (not the UN) and the Core Team (head office) included a US citizen:
https://twitter.com/NHTeaParties/status/264854620789145601
4 long-term observers from USA are listed:
http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/93136
There were nearly 40 US short-term observers observing inside polling stations on election day. There have been US observers at all recent Belarusian elections
The USA has sent observers to nearly every election mission run by OSCE/ODIHR and its predecessor CSCE/Office for Fair Elections (you cannot observe in your own country). This has been going on for over 20 years. OSCE/ODIHR has observed all US elections since 2002 (invited by George W. Bush – the notorious Democrat and civil liberties fan).
http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/usa
This is the page where all observation missions are listed (at the bottom):
http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections
The head of the ODIHR elections department is from Atlantic City, New Jersey.
You are perfectly entitled to become an observer. US citizens are limited to one mission per year because of demand. See:
https://www.pae.com/career-react
For an explanation about ODIHR’s role see:
http://www.osce.org/odihr/43595
I’m sure you will thank me for providing a few facts.
Oops, wrong link above. I was busy following something else on the same subject. There’s a lot of wrong information out there. Here is the Core Team:
http://www.osce.org/odihr/92978
Pacepa is not Russian..lolol Check your facts. Pacepa was from Romania and he wasnt that high of an official. Plus most of the stuff he said we’re self serving allegations that earned him quite a few millions of dollars..So..yeah..trolololol