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LETS PLAY FOOTBALL! The United States has invited international observers to monitor November's presidential election, U.S. and European officials said Tuesday. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, or OSCE, said it received the request from the U.S. State Department and would send a team to the United States next month to determine whether to accept the task. Yes, the world cup of election experts is coming to America. They will bring their expertise on democracy and elections to US. Humm, I was just wondering, but when it comes to elections, aren't they the Johnny come lately in this...

U.S. Presidential Election To Be Monitored By International Observers 08.09.2004 2:24 PM EDT For the first time in United States history, a team of international observers will monitor the presidential election, the U.S. State Department has announced. Though traditionally asked to watch over election processes, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the largest regional security organization in the world, has never monitored a U.S. presidential election. Following the U.S. midterm elections in 2002, which the OSCE observed, the organization concluded that the U.S. had fixed many of the problems that plagued the 2000 presidential election, according to...

With all the attention focused on Alan Keyes crashing an election where he doesn’t belong, comparably little has been paid to a potentially far more troubling election participant: international monitors “observing” our November elections. In a news story that could not have been better crafted by The Onion the Bush administration has formally invited the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), of which the U.S. is a member, to observe this fall’s election. Though the OSCE delegation has no authority to do anything substantive, the very idea that international monitors have any business being in the U.S. is...

The State Department's invitation for an Austrian human rights group to monitor this year's U.S. presidential election is a "frightening" development and "an absolute threat" to America's independence and sovereignty, according to the head of a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C. Tom DeWeese, president of the American Policy Center, said he's especially angry that the Bush administration would reach out to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which is based in Vienna, Austria. "Bush continues to give conservatives the rhetoric of sovereignty, independence and strength of the United States, and he continues to give the [opposite]...

They're coming to America to make sure our elections are fair and transparent. And, they need your help.This fall, U.N. observers will be coming to the U.S. from countries from Albania to Zimbabwe. They'll be making sure that voting in November's election is completely fair and that all votes are counted. Many observers will be coming thousands of miles and will need your assistance. They will arrive in a new country and will need shelter and food. MoveOut.org is now seeking American citizens who will provide quarters for our friends from abroad and who will make their stay as comfortable...

What is the law in the USA reguarding citizen oberservers? Up here in Canada, any citizen eligable to vote can observe the voting and vote count as long as they arrive before the polls close and do not physically touch the ballots. If the same thing can be done in the USA, then it might be wise try and drum up a bunch of citizen observers to keep an eye on the Dems and international observers.

House Republicans view a recent move by 11 Democrats to have United Nations observers monitor U.S. elections as a politically motivated stunt, and last week they moved to nip the idea in the bud.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A team of international observers will monitor the presidential election in November, according to the U.S. State Department. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe was invited to monitor the election by the State Department. The observers will come from the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. It will be the first time such a team has been present for a U.S. presidential election. "The U.S. is obliged to invite us, as all OSCE countries should," spokeswoman Urdur Gunnarsdottir said. "It's not legally binding, but it's a political commitment. They signed a document 10...

WASHINGTON – When 13 Democratic members of the U.S. Congress asked United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan to send election monitors to the U.S. this fall, the move outraged many Republicans and other proponents of national sovereignty. When those same 13 Democratic members of Congress were turned down by Annan, they took their request to Secretary of State Colin Powell – again to the shock of many Republicans and those who warn about foreign entanglements. Yesterday, those 13 Democratic House members got their surprising answer from the State Department – the administration will indeed invite foreign election monitors to observe the...

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the largest regional organization in the world with 55 participating nations, will monitor the U.S. election on Nov. 2. Members include Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Spain and the United States. "OSCE members, including the United States, agreed in 1990 in Copenhagen to allow fellow members to observe elections in one another's countries," Mr. Kelly wrote. "Consistent with this commitment, the United States has already invited the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to observe the November 2, 2004, presidential elections."

The Bush administration has invited a team of international monitors to observe the U.S. presidential election in November, but the group will not come from the United Nations, as some congressional Democrats had urged.     Assistant Secretary of State Paul V. Kelly, who handles legislative affairs for the department, affirmed the invitation this week in a letter to 13 House Democrats. They had requested U.N. monitors for this year's elections in an effort to avoid the charges of disenfranchisement and voting irregularities that plagued the 2000 election, the closest in history.     The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the...

BOSTON - Michael Moore pledged on Wednesday to take a film crew to Florida on voting day in an attempt to prevent a repeat of the contested presidential election of 2000. "I am committed. I am coming to Florida," Moore was reported as saying in south Florida's Sun-Sentinel newspaper. "Together we will guarantee to every Floridian that their vote will be counted this year," he added before a cheering crowd of delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Boston. Moore's latest film, the wildly popular documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, takes U.S. President George W. Bush to task for the invasion of...

It's not known if he'll call his next movie "Florida 9/11," but filmmaker Michael Moore is vowing to be an election monitor in the Sunshine State this November. "I am coming to Florida," the director of "Fahrenheit 9/11" promised Florida's delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Boston. "Together we will guarantee to every Floridian that their vote will be counted this year." "I will have my cameras. We will put a huge spotlight on them. They will not get away with it this time." The director claims the 2000 vote count was tainted despite numerous recounts in Democrat-supervised counties...

This is a WorldNetDaily printer-friendly version of the article which follows. To view this item online, visit http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39688 Wednesday, July 28, 2004 ELECTION 2004Michael Moore to monitor Florida voteFilmmaker proclaims: 'They will not get away with it this time' Posted: July 28, 20046:32 p.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com It's not known if he'll call his next movie "Florida 9/11," but filmmaker Michael Moore is vowing to be an election monitor in the Sunshine State this November. "I am coming to Florida," the director of "Fahrenheit 9/11" promised Florida's delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Boston. "Together we will guarantee to...

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Thank you for those Freepers who rallied with us to show support for Anton Srdanovic's run for NY's 14th Congressional seat. We told New Yorkers we will not stand for Rep.Maloney and her group of Democrats who want us kneel to the UN during our elections. Anton Srdanovic announced July 21, 2004 that he has filed to run for Congress on the Republican ticket in the 14th district of New York City. Unopposed in the primary, Anton is running against incumbent Democrat Carolyn Maloney. Anton led a rally at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza opposing Rep.Maloney's request for UN election monitors...

WASHINGTON – Undaunted by Kofi Annan's rejection of a plan for United Nations monitoring of the U.S. presidential elections this fall, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-TX, is taking her case to Secretary of State Colin Powell. Johnson has urgently asked Powell to make an official request that the U.N. provide observers for the Nov. 2 elections in the United States to "ensure free and fair elections." Thirteen Democratic congressmen, led by Johnson, sent a letter July 8 to the U.N. general secretary requesting the presence of U.N. representatives in every county of the country during the voting process and any...

WASHINGTON – Undaunted by Kofi Annan's rejection of a plan for United Nations monitoring of the U.S. presidential elections this fall, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-TX, is taking her case to Secretary of State Colin Powell. Johnson has urgently asked Powell to make an official request that the U.N. provide observers for the Nov. 2 elections in the United States to "ensure free and fair elections." Thirteen Democratic congressmen, led by Johnson, sent a letter July 8 to the U.N. general secretary requesting the presence of U.N. representatives in every county of the country during the voting process and...

House Republicans view a recent move by 11 Democrats to have United Nations observers monitor U.S. elections as a politically motivated stunt, and last week they moved to nip the idea in the bud. But after an unusually rancorous skirmish that brought proceedings on the House floor to a standstill late Thursday, the issue may have received more publicity than even Democrats hoped for. It pitted Rep. Steve Buyer (R-Ind.), author of an amendment to the 2005 foreign aid bill aimed at blocking U.N. involvement in U.S. elections, against Rep. Corrine Brown (D-Fla.), who had harsh words for Buyer. Buyer...

How they voted for the Rep Buyer,(R,IN) amendment to prohibit us of funds to petetion the UN to monitor U.S elections. Vote held 7/15/04 Who voted how http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2004/roll385.xml Amendment http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d108:6:./temp/~bdlPza:: H.AMDT.701 (A010) Amends: H.R.4818 Sponsor: Rep Buyer, Steve [IN-4] (offered 7/15/2004) AMENDMENT PURPOSE: An amendment to insert at the end of the bill (before the short title) a new section stating that none of the funds made available in the Act may be used by any official of the United States Government to request the United Nations to assess the validity of elections in the United States. STATUS: 7/15/2004 4:40pm:...

July 15 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuelan election authorities invited 24 international celebrities, including Barbra Streisand and Nelson Mandela, to observe a recall vote against President Hugo Chavez Aug. 15. The group of invited observers also includes U.S. actor Danny Glover, Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez and U.S. presidential candidate Ralph Nader, the National Electoral Council said in a statement. None of the invited observers has confirmed their attendance, a council spokeswoman said.

Former President Jimmy Carter will arrive in Venezuela on Aug. 11 to oversee preparations for a vote on President Hugo Chavez's rule. Jennifer McCoy, a spokeswoman for the Atlanta-based Carter Center, said Carter would head the center's team of international election observers for the Aug. 15 vote and election preparations.

Mr. XXX, Esq., Chief Counsel House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct HT-2, The Capitol U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 July 15, 2004 Dear Mr. XXX, Pursuant to Rule 15 of the Rules of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, the following letter constitutes a proper Ethics Complaint against my Representative in the House, Carolyn B. Maloney of New York. Rule 15(a)(1): Name and Legal Address of Party Filing Complaint XXX XXX XXX Rule 15(a)(2): Name and title of respondent Carolyn B. Maloney, Member U.S. House of Representatives Rule 15(a)(3): Nature of Alleged Ethics Violation 1) Representative...

WASHINGTON -- After years of watering down voting laws to the point where it is considered a civil rights violation in several states for a poll worker to ask to see a license or proof of residency, some Democrats have suddenly reversed course. They want to bring in United Nations observers to ensure a "free and fair" election in the United States. The letter to Kofi Annan, authored by Texas Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson and co-signed by seven other Dems in the House, complains that as the next election approaches, "there is more cause for alarm rather than less" and...

July 14, 2004 -- Does anyone really think it would be useful to have the United Nations oversee the American elections this year ("An Insult to America," Editorial, July 12)? [snip] Manhattan The action of 13 House Democrats — requesting international observers from the corrupt and discredited United Nations to oversee our presidential election — is mind-boggling. Furthermore, Democrats refuse to acknowledge that their attempts to discredit the results of the last election have failed. No matter how the liberal media tried to recount every last vote to show that Gore really did win the election in 2000, they...

AMERICAN democracy needs help. Millions of citizens have become disengaged from our democracy. Too many Americans think that those in power do not value their views, that the system is rigged against people like them, and that therefore participating in electoral politics is not worth their efforts. More than half of eligible US voters routinely decline to vote in our presidential elections. The irregularities of the 2000 presidential election deepened the public's disillusionment as the technical competence and basic fairness of our voting procedures were suddenly cast into doubt. Four years later, unease about the basic mechanics of democracy is...

Partisan politics stooped to a new low just before Independence Day when nine Democratic members of Congress asked the United Nations to intercede as an observer in the 2004 U.S. presidential election. Spearheaded by U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, the group signed a letter directed to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan that, according to WorldNetDaily.com, stated in part: "We are deeply concerned that the right of U.S. citizens to vote in free and fair elections is again in jeopardy." Our freedoms would be in jeopardy if Johnson & Co. gained any semblance of congressional power and allowed a U.S. election...

Wednesday, July 7, 2004 Treason in Congress Posted: July 7, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern By Joseph Farah © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com A few days ago, America marked a special day not only in the history of this country, but in the history of the world. It was the first time a group of people were willing to sacrifice everything – their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor – for independence from a foreign power and the right to govern themselves. Amazingly, just a few days before that, nine members of the U.S. Congress – sworn to uphold the Constitution of the United States...

WASHINGTON – The United Nations has turned down a controversial request by nine members of the U.S. Congress to assign international observers to the U.S. presidential election in November. The request came in the form of a letter drafted by Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, and signed by eight other members of the House. "We are deeply concerned that the right of U.S. citizens to vote in free and fair elections is again in jeopardy," the lawmakers wrote to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Besides Johnson, the other representatives signing the letter to Annan – all Democrats – were Julia Carson...

America is doomed to suffer ever-escalating acts of political inanity until the November election. The assault on our collective intelligence by Hollywood and the media should end then, but some Dems are planning to continue it on into 2005. To do this, they are turning to the self-appointed international arbiter of honesty and democracy, the United Nations. The liberals' bitterness in their defeat in 2000 hasn't abated one little bit. It wasn't cured by Howard Dean's primal scream therapy or by Michael Moore's movie. This bitterness has festered and metastasized into an anti-Bush obsession that will only end with...

© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com Worried about the fairness of the upcoming U.S. presidential election, several House members have asked the United Nations to "deploy election observers" across the country. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson Recalling the contentious Florida vote count in 2000, the lawmakers urged the international body to "ensure free and fair elections in America," said a statement by Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, who spearheaded the effort, Agence France-Presse reported. The letter was signed by nine members of Congress. "As lawmakers, we must assure the people of America that our nation will not experience the nightmare of the 2000 presidential...

Democrats want U.N. to keep an eye on presidential election By Todd J. Gillman Knight Ridder News Service WASHINGTON -- A group of congressional Democrats led by Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas has asked the United Nations to monitor this year's presidential election. "We are deeply concerned that the right of U.S. citizens to vote in free and fair elections is again in jeopardy," the lawmakers wrote to Secretary-General Kofi Annan. While the request might evoke images of blue-helmeted peacekeepers outside the local library, the request won't be granted. "Generally, the United Nations does not intervene in electoral affairs...

Fri Jul 2, 2:22 AM ET WASHINGTON (AFP) - Several members of the House of Representatives have requested the United Nations to send observers to monitor the November 2 US presidential election to avoid a contentious vote like in 2000, when the outcome was decided by Florida. Recalling the long, drawn out process in the southern state, nine lawmakers, including four blacks and one Hispanic, sent a letter Thursday to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan (news - web sites) asking that the international body "ensure free and fair elections in America," according to a statement issued by Florida representative Eddie...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Several members of the House of Representatives have requested the United Nations (news - web sites) to send observers to monitor the November 2 US presidential election to avoid a contentious vote like in 2000, when the outcome was decided by Florida. AFP/File Photo Latest headlines: · Bush Criticizes Kerry With New N.M. Ad AP - 2 hours, 18 minutes ago · Richardson Withdraws From Kerry VP Search AP - Fri Jul 2, 9:14 AM ET · Kerry War Chest Hits Record $180 Million AP - Fri Jul 2, 9:12 AM ET Recalling the long, drawn out...

WASHINGTON D.C. - Texas Representative, Eddie Bernice Johnson, has requested formal U.N. election monitoring of the 2004 Presidential election. In her letter to the U.N. she has formally requested the U.N.'s assistance to "ensure free and fair elections in America." She said, "As lawmakers we must assure the people of America that our nation will not experience the nightmare of the 2000 presidential election... This is the first step in making sure that history does not repeat itself." She also requested that the U.N. "deploy election observers across the United States." Four other lawmakers signed the letter. The lawmakers asserted...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Several members of the House of Representatives have requested the United Nations (news - web sites) to send observers to monitor the November 2 US presidential election to avoid a contentious vote like in 2000, when the outcome was decided by Florida. Recalling the long, drawn out process in the southern state, nine lawmakers, including four blacks and one Hispanic, sent a letter Thursday to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan (news - web sites) asking that the international body "ensure free and fair elections in America," according to a statement issued by Florida representative Eddie Bernice Johnson,...

No. 459 12 Av 5761 / 1 August 2001 WHY ISRAEL REJECTS "OBSERVERS" Saul Singer Why Not Outside Observers? / The British Observe the Hadassah Convoy Massacre / UN Observers Before the Six-Day War / The One-Sided Response of UNIFIL / International Observers are Not Neutral / Further Examples of International Monitoring / The Experience of Observers in Hebron / Putting Observers at Risk / What About American Observers? Why Not Outside Observers? In the midst of an already crumbling cease-fire, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell dropped what to Israeli ears was a bombshell. Standing next to Palestinian Authority...

The joke, during the endless presidential election recounts in Florida two years ago, was that Russia and Albania would send poll monitors to help the United States with its unexpected bump on the road to democracy. Now, the joke has become reality. A high-level delegation of European and North American election observers – including members from Russia and Albania – arrived yesterday for a week-long mission to watch Florida's mid-term elections, which take place on Tuesday. Their task: to see if the world's most powerful democracy has learned anything from the disastrous 36-day showdown between George Bush and Al...

By Ross Dunn, Herald Correspondent in Jerusalem and agencies For the first time, the United States is proposing to station American observers in Palestinian territories as part of a new diplomatic effort to halt escalating Middle East violence. The move may be seen as something of a political victory for Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, who has repeatedly appealed for international monitors. He also appears to be winning on the diplomatic front to get Israel to lift its travel ban on him. US special envoy to the Middle East, Anthony Zinni, a retired marine corps general, is expected to put forward...