Trump Cuts International Election Monitors From Midterms Amid Sweeping Hunt for Noncitizens on Voter Rolls

The Trump administration will hold the 2026 midterm elections without international election monitors for the first time since 2002 as federal scrutiny of alleged noncitizen voting intensifies (Credit: Phil Roeder from Des Moines, IA, USA / Wikimedia Commons)

The Trump administration has declined to invite international observers to monitor next month's midterm elections, ending a practice that has been in place for every US federal election since 2002.

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), which has observed 12 US federal elections, says it received no invitation for the 3 November vote.