General Myers acknowledges that process has been made more difficult by the uncertain outcome of the Afghan presidential election, and allegations of widespread fraud by supporters of President Hamid Karzai.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

But the U.N.-backed Electoral Complaints Commission examined more than 2,500 allegations of fraud including phantom polling stations, ballot-stuffing and police intimidation and declared a third of Mr.Karzai's ballots invalid, reversing his outright victory.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

On Friday,the U.S.special envoy to Afghanistan,Richard Holbrooke,said he believes there will be less fraud this time around because only two candidates will be on the ballot and more international teams will be in place to monitor.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

Clinton's comments came after United Nations-backed fraud investigators invalidated results from more than 200 polling stations in Afghanistan's August 20th election, which meant that incumbent President Karzai had dropped below the 50 percent vote threshold needed to avoid a run-off.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19