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The Spectacle Blog
How much emphasis will international monitors affiliated with the United Nations place on voter fraud allegations come Election Day?
Probably not that much since monitors recruited from parts of Europe and Asia are only coming to America to “investigative voter suppression activities by conservative groups,” according to a report in the Hill.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), a UN partner, is the primary culprit here. The OSCE is expected to send 44 monitors across the U.S. on Election Day to ensure that various ballot integrity efforts do not interfere with the right to vote, the report says.
But what about those Americans, including many minorities, who have had their votes canceled out as a result of fraud at the ballot box?
The OSCE has already exchanged notes with “liberal leaning civil rights groups” that oppose voter identification laws. But as I, and others, have previously reported, minorities favor voter ID in even larger numbers than white Americans. That’s because they tend to be the victims of voter fraud. If the UN is genuinely concerned about the sanctity of American elections, it ought to send representatives to visit with the Democrats in Rhode Island who passed a voter ID bill in response to rampant voter fraud.
Or, better yet, the UN should stay out of American politics altogether.
Catherine Engelbrecht, founder and president of True the Vote, has a succinct observation.
“The United Nations has no jurisdiction over American elections.”
Quin Hillyer recently wrote of the need for Republican and conservative leaders to step up and defend True the Vote. That post is looking very prescient these days.
Going into Election Day, the group has come under attack from organized labor and various leftist groups that deny voter fraud is a serious problem. Now there is good reason to believe the concerned citizens active with True the Vote are also up against the UN.
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Mike Rogers | 10.23.12 @ 10:21AM
Do US voting precincts need to accord the UN "observers" any access whatsoever? Seems to me they have no rights to enter ou polling stations.
geronl| 10.23.12 @ 10:28AM
OSCE to Monitor Zombie Rights in Election (haha)
http://asspos.blogspot.com/201.....ombie.html
timely, no??
Bob Grant| 10.23.12 @ 10:34AM
How ironic would it be for one of those monitors to have an encounter with a Black Panther polling "guard".
Al Adab| 10.23.12 @ 11:35AM
Great idea Grant. LOL
J.C.Eaton| 10.23.12 @ 11:04AM
There WAS a time when a few rough-hewn[possibly mildly inebriated] Yankees would meet this crew at the dock and play the anvil chorus on a few melons. Can you conceive of ANY American running over to Europe to monitor French, German, Italian, etc,etc elections? Well, other than the collossally impaired former president from Georgia?And by a group from the heavily dependant and pusillanimous, and meretricious United Nations . Who is picking up this tab?
JP| 10.23.12 @ 11:44AM
I would meet them at the airport and get them sloshed at Hooters, return them to their planes hungover and then post the pictures on YouTube.
Al Adab| 10.23.12 @ 11:37AM
Americans of every stripe should be incensed by this action. This is the nation that taught the world how to vote; that taught the world self-government. How presumptuous of the UN (a US creation no less) to monitor a US election. And, don;t forget the UN operates off American money as well.
JP| 10.23.12 @ 11:45AM
Seriously, only 6 govenors have given the go ahead for the "insepctors" to inspect. Funny, I don't think Philly is on their list. Too dangerous.
Bob S| 10.23.12 @ 11:52AM
They should be investigating the New Black Panther Party, if anything.
fmm| 10.23.12 @ 12:11PM
It is way beyond the time to defund the UN, which means Unbelievable Nuts imo.
soljerblue| 10.23.12 @ 1:14PM
Organized labor against Voter ID? Shoot -- they're the lefties pushing card check and the death of the secret ballot.
I wish one of those UN a-holeys would show up at my polling place. OH, how I wish!
Occam's Tool| 10.23.12 @ 7:37PM
Well, as the Republican Precinct Captain I will be disputing any observers that show up as having no legal status.