The 2020 vote will have the fewest international observers of any US election, despite having some of the biggest-ever concerns about the integrity of the vote: court disputes over mail-in ballots, loosened restrictions on voter intimidation, and an administration that's left the public guessing on whether it will commit to a peaceful transfer of power.

So what is the role of international observers in the US, and why is it different from many of the countries the US itself observes?

In this episode:

Avery Davis-Roberts, associate director of the Democracy Program at The Carter Center; Al Jazeera journalist, Alan Fisher; and Jasmeet Sidhu, senior researcher with the End Gun Violence campaign at Amnesty International.

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