Nov. 7: Afghanistan Election, Part 2

As indicated yesterday, President Hamid Karzai has embraced a runoff presidential election in a Kabul press conference. The Afghan election commission has set the vote date for Nov. 7. Adam Serwer tweets that deposed deputy U.N. special representative Peter W. Galbraith, who was fired for urging a firmer U.N. stance against fraud, must be “doing an end zone dance.”

Let’s not pull a DeSean Jackson here. It’s not like a runoff is guaranteed to be fraud-free either. Massive fraud was committed — under the watchful eye of the international community — in the Aug. 20 election. What’s the plan for preventing it this time around?