Representatives of the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe, Parliamentary Assembly, held a press conference at the National Press Club to report on their observations of the 2008 U.S. elections. 

OSCE PA President Joao Soares, of Portugal, was head of the observation mission and Pia Christmas-Moeller, of Denmark, was deputy head of the mission of almost 100 parliamentarians invited by the U.S. government that observed the elections in nine states: Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New Hampshire, Ohio, Missouri, Colorado and New Mexico.