OSCE Expresses "Grave Concern" Over Threat by Texas AG to Arrest Election Monitors

George W. Bush first invited OSCE election monitors to the U.S. back in 2002

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe on Wednesday expressed "grave concern" over the Texas attorney general's threat to arrest and criminally prosecute OSCE election observers if they come within 100 feet of polling places on Election Day.

The OSCE said Texas's threat "is at odds with the established good co-operation between OSCE/ODIHR [Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights] observers and state authorities across the United States, including Texas."