U.S. elections are free, fair and secure, research shows ' but about 20% of Americans still said in a September 2024 Gallup survey that they are 'not at all confident' that the presidential election results will be accurate. Most countries in the world, from Bolivia to Sierra Leone, invite independent international election monitors ' people who visit polling sites and monitor the technologies voters use to cast their ballots ' to promote election integrity and public confidence in elections. A team of 79 independent international election observers began monitoring the election process across the U.S. on Oct. 5, 2024. This group is trained by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, or the OSCE, an international organization that promotes peace and democracy and does election monitoring in other countries. The U.S. invited this group in March 2024 to observe the presidential election. The U.S. government regularly sends out election monitors across the country....
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