Friday, October 21, 2016
States say 'nyet' to Russian election monitors
Posted By Max Brantley on Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 12:01 PM
The Tulsa World has reported that election officials have rejected requests from the Russian consulate in Houston to have Russians observe U.S. voting Nov. 8 in Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma.
Vlad wants to be sure Donald Trump gets a fair shake, I guess.
Just to be safe, I've inquired of the secretary of state of Arkansas about inquiries from potential Russian election observers.
UPDATE: Chris Powell says neither the secretary of state's office nor the Arkansas Board of Election Commissioners received a Russian inquiry.
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