Soon after the hanging chad debacle of its presidential election in 2000, the US humbly decided it was perhaps not the greatest democracy on earth. It needed foreign help to ensure the integrity of its voting process.

Ever since, an unsung 57-nation body that sets the gold standard for observing foreign elections has been invited to track US elections for their transparency and accountability. Now in the days before the November 3 vote, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is back...

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