Election advice for US

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Former president Jimmy Carter, for one, has said some US voting systems don't meet international standards "even as many other nations are conducting elections that are internationally certified to be transparent, honest and fair".

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David MacDonald, a Canadian member of a team organised by the San Francisco human rights group Global Exchange, said observers were shocked to find that partisan officials run US elections.

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MacDonald said after visiting Missouri, where Secretary of State Matt Blunt, a Republican, is the chief electoral officer and a candidate for governor. "There are some very serious problems that need to be addressed."

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It faulted procedures with absentee and provisional ballots, cited reports of voter intimidation and disenfranchisement, and criticised moves by a few states to allow overseas and military voters to fax rather than mail completed ballots.

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