While the credibility of Nigerian elections have improved since 2007, the 2011 and 2015 elections were by no means perfect.
Mr. Kansteiner said the credibility of the elections was a principal topic of the meetings today.
Despite concerns about the credibility of the elections, voter enthusiasm has been high.
Sometimes that appreciation of American power was greater than the power it actually wielded; it remains to be seen whether the United States can help blunt the crisis' impact on the credibility of the elections.
"The credibility of these elections cannot be put in doubt," Mr. Kabila said, adding that he was "definitely not concerned" about findings by the Carter Center that, for instance, he had won virtually 100 percent of the vote in some districts.
Likewise, Eikenberry noted that Karzai has begun to express great frustration with the international media, whom he claims are pitted against him and are trying to undermine the credibility of the elections by exaggerating claims of fraud.
In the most serious challenge to the credibility of the elections, the country's main opposition group, the Islamic Action Front, which is affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, has joined the boycott, increasing the chances that the election will be followed by more unrest.
"The credibility of the elections will be judged by the environment in which they are conducted and the extent to which all sectors of Myanmar society have been allowed to freely participate in the political process," Lee told a UN general assembly committee in a report on Wednesday.
In a press conference earlier he questioned the credibility of the elections which he said "had been mired by administrative and legal violations".
