And just in case you were wondering, yes, the Russians are here to monitor our elections:
(via Interfax)
Russian observers to work at U.S. elections as part of OSCE ODIHRmissionMOSCOW. Oct 15 (Interfax) - Eight long-term observers from Russia will go to the United States to work at the country's presidential and congressional elections as members of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) mission. "In compliance with the invitation circulated by the American party in the OSCE, the Russian Federation will send eight long-term observers to monitor the upcoming October 4 presidential and congressional elections there," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko told journalists. Observers from Russia, who will be members of the OSCE ODIHR monitoring group, are due to begin working in the U.S. on October 15, the diplomat said, adding that their mission is to be completed by November 10. "According to the ODIHR's terminology, it is a limited [election observation] mission. Its status does not envision any systematic monitoring over the voting and vote counting process itself," Nesterenko said. The ODIHR says that most states in the U.S. do not have legal guidelines regulating electoral monitoring and observers' access to polling stations, he said. "Initially, the ODIHR planned to send 100 long-term observers to the American elections. But their final number will total 48 people," he said.
I think this happens every presidential election. No specific data to back this up, but I recall reading articles like this in the past. It’s just a formality among “friends”.
comrade jimmy carter has gone to numerous countries to monitor their elections.
Yeah, let our enemies monitor our elections — that’s the ticket!