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What observers do
Election officials counting ballots in the village of Sagvichio during Georgian parliamentary elections, 2 November 2003. (OSCE/Lubomir Kotek)
In a standard election observation mission there are several levels of observers and analysts. In a typical mission there are around 12 core team members, as well as several dozen long-term observers and several hundred short-term observers.