The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.

The Trump administration declined to invite election observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe to witness the midterms, blocking monitors from the regional security group for the first time in more than two decades.

Their absence comes as Democrats and election integrity experts have raised concerns about potential election meddling after the Department of Justice announced plans to send its own monitors.

Washington joins only Russia and Belarus in its decision to exclude OSCE observers.

The OSCE called the U.S. decision “regrettable” and Human Rights Watch said the move “fuels fears of serious human rights concerns around the upcoming elections.”

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    14 hours ago

    What this article is positing is that they are rigging the election, so voting won’t help

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      14 hours ago

      Right but it cannot be rigged it’s too decentralized. They will try to fuck with it but if everyone votes its too big to rig.

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          There’s a difference between outsized influence and full rigging.

          I said before I fully expect them to attempt to influence the election in illegal ways.

          If the people stand up against this, however, they can’t stop it.

          Rigging requires nationalized elections which we don’t have and never should have.

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            There is a failure of imagination. With all levers of power and industry behind them, I don’t discount any threat to rig election. Too many impossible things have already happened

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            “I was president, then I wasn’t. Then they rigged the election and now I’m president again”

            - Trump, on video.