Ambassador Audrey Glover, the Head of the OSCE/ODIHR Limited Election Observation Mission to the U.S. presidential election speaks to journalists in Washington, D.C., 5 November 2008. (Photo Courtesy Yuri Gripas)
ODIHR Director Janez Lenarcic (second left) visits a polling station during the 28 September 2008 parliamentary elections in Belarus. (OSCE/Jens Eschenbaecher)
A poster on an old wooden house in Kryvichy village of Pinsk Region, in Belarus, 27 July 2008, announces that parliamentary elections in the country will take place on 28 September. (OSCE/Tatsiana Aliakseyeva)
Head of ODIHR's election observation mission to Azerbaijan, Ambassador Boris Frlec (right), speaks at a press conference in Baku, 4 September 2008. (OSCE/Ranko Vukcevic)
OSCE observers check the voter list during re-runs of the 1 June 2008 parliamentary elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, held on 15 June. (OSCE/Drew Hyslop)
A woman votes in one of the re-runs of the 1 June 2008 parliamentary elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, held on 15 June. (OSCE/Drew Hyslop)
An OSCE observer speaks to polling-station officials during re-runs of the 1 June 2008 parliamentary elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, held on 15 June. (OSCE)
A voter casts her ballot in Skopje during the 1 June 2008 parliamentary elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. (OSCE/Jens Eschenbaecher)
Voting in Kakheti region during the parliamentary elections in Georgia, 21 May 2008. (OSCE/Agnieszka Rembowska)
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An OSCE observer speaks to polling-station officials in the Kakheti region during the 21 May 2008 parliamentary elections in Georgia. (OSCE/Agnieszka Rembowska)
Nikolia Vulchanov, Head of the OSCE Election Observation Mission to the 11 May 2008 parliamentary elections in Serbia, speaks at a press conference in Belgrade. (OSCE/Jens Eschenbaecher)
Ambassador Robert Barry at a press conference in Skopje on the opening of the OSCE/ODIHR's mission to observe the 1 June 2008 parliamentary elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 30 April 2008. (OSCE/Yegor Tilpunov)
Ambassador Audrey Glover (left), head of the ODIHR mission to assess the parliamentary elections in Italy, at a polling station in Rome, 13 April 2008. (OSCE/Mats Lindberg)
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Ballot boxes at a polling station in Rome, for elections to the lower chamber of parliament, senate, provincial government, mayor and municipal council, 13 April 2008. (OSCE/Mats Lindberg)
An ODIHR election observer (left) speaks to officials at a polling station in Podgorica during the 6 April 2008 presidential election in Montenegro. (OSCE/Jens Eschenbaecher)
A rally for the Catalan Socialist Party (PSC) is held in Barcelona ahead of the 9 March 2008 parliamentary elections in Spain. (OSCE/Jonathan Stonestreet)
A voter takes a ballot paper at a polling station in Madrid during the 9 March 2008 parliamentary elections in Spain. (OSCE/Ron Gould)
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A man checks the voters list for the 9 March 2008 parliamentary elections outside a polling station in Madrid. (OSCE/Michael Meyer)
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Voters collect their ballot papers at a polling station in Barcelona during the 9 March 2008 parliamentary elections in Spain. (OSCE/Jonathan Stonestreet)
Members of the OSCE/ODIHR election observation mission in Armenia hold a press conference in Yerevan ahead of the 19 February 2008 presidential election. (OSCE/Andrey Butsman)