United Nations-affiliated election monitors from Europe and central Asia will be at polling places around the U.S. looking for voter suppression activities by conservative groups, a concern raised by civil rights groups during a meeting this week. The intervention has drawn criticism from a prominent conservative-leaning group combating election fraud.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), a United Nations partner on democratization and human rights projects, will deploy 44 observers around the county on Election Day to monitor an array of activities, including potential disputes at polling places.
Liberal-leaning civil rights groups met with representatives from the OSCE this week to raise their fears about what they say are systematic efforts to suppress minority voters likely to vote for President Obama.
Read the story here. (http://thehill.com/campaign-archive/263141-international-monitors-at-polling-places-draw-criticism-from-voter-fraud-group )
Past article: 2011- NAACP warns black and Hispanic Americans could lose right to vote
Civil rights group petitions UN over ‘massive voter suppression’ after apparent effort to disenfranchise black and Hispanic people.
Here is the irony of them coming to “watch” conservatives:
John Featherstone
Marshall Foster- World History Institute
Jennifer Featherstone
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