The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's (OSCE) election monitoring body recommended sending 500 election observers to monitor the November election, but only 30 long-term observers are now being sent.
The Organization of American States sent 41 election observers and experts to monitor the 2016 presidential election, led by former Costa Rican president aura Chinchilla. An OAS spokesperson confirmed tothat it has yet to receive an invitation from the U.S. government this year. The U.S. State Department did not respond to questions about the OAS.
But the organization is now only sending 30 long-term observers and 11 experts in what has been described as a"limited election observation mission" after OSCE member states, which recruit and fund the observers, responded with caution amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. "The mission will assess to what extent the elections are held in line with international obligations and standards for democratic elections, including the commitments agreed to by all OSCE countries, as well as with national legislation," the OSCE said.
"The safety concerns as well as continuing travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are creating challenges for all our election activities and particularly for the deployment of long- and short-term observers, who are sent directly by OSCE countries," Katya Andrusz, the spokeswoman for the ODIHR, toldShe said the organization had ended up with a"huge shortfall" of long-term observers after making its request.
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