Republican Angst Over European Election Monitors
NY Times
November 2, 2012
The prospect of outsiders — from Europe of all places — attempting to interfere in the democratic process sounds like the stuff of conservative American nightmares.
It turns out, however, that European observers have been present at U.S. national elections for a decade, since President George W. Bush first invited them in.
It turns out, however, that European observers have been present at U.S. national elections for a decade, since President George W. Bush first invited them in.
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Embassy Row: ‘Unacceptable’
The Washington Times
October 25, 2012
Former President George W. Bush first invited OSCE observers to monitor U.S. elections in 2002, but this year’s mission is the largest ever, with 57 officials from the OSCE and another 100 from the organization’s Parliamentary Assembly.
Speech by US President George Bush to the Second Summit of CSCE Heads of State or Government Paris, 19-21 November 1990
http://www.osce.org/mc/16154
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