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Tue Nov 10, 2020, 11:17 AM Nov 2020

Intern'l election observers invited by the Trump admin. issue a prelim. report rebuking him

Mimi Rocah @Mimirocah1
“A team of intern’l observers invited by the Trump admin. has issued a prelim. report giving high marks to the conduct of last week’s elections--& it criticizes Pres. Trump for making baseless allegations that the outcome resulted from systematic fraud.” https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-biden-election-day-2020/card/XhlCZ4avYQb0jtdv7F3p

A team of international observers invited by the Trump administration has issued a preliminary report giving high marks to the conduct of last week’s elections--and it criticizes President Trump for making baseless allegations that the outcome resulted from systematic fraud.

A 28-member delegation from the Organization of American States followed events in several locations across the U.S., including in the battleground states of Georgia and Michigan, both remotely and with observers at polling stations and counting centers.

“While the OAS Mission has not directly observed any serious irregularities that call into question the results so far, it supports the right of all contesting parties in an election, to seek redress before the competent legal authorities when they believe they have been wronged,” the report said. “It is critical however, that candidates act responsibly by presenting and arguing legitimate claims before the courts, not unsubstantiated or harmful speculation in the public media.”


The OAS assessment followed similar findings by an election observation team from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

“Baseless allegations of systematic deficiencies, notably by the incumbent president, including on election night, harm public trust in democratic institutions,” Michael Georg Link, leader of the short-term OSCE observer mission, said last week.

The 20-OAS page report praised state and local officials for efforts to facilitate voting during the coronavirus pandemic and, while it had numerous recommendations for improving the elections system, found no evidence of the pervasive fraud that Mr. Trump, who has not conceded the presidential election, has insisted caused his loss to President-elect Joe Biden.

The report noted: '"In his statement the Republican candidate cast further aspersions on the US electoral process, stating that 'This is a case where they’re trying to steal an election. They’re trying to rig an election and we can’t let that happen.' The OAS observers deployed in the battleground states of Michigan and Georgia did not witness any of the aforementioned irregularities.'''


read: https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-biden-election-day-2020/card/XhlCZ4avYQb0jtdv7F3p





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Intern'l election observers invited by the Trump admin. issue a prelim. report rebuking him (Original Post) bigtree Nov 2020 OP
So the only fraud Trump's own team found was Trump himself RAB910 Nov 2020 #1
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