By Allen Myers Ever since the UN-supervised national election of 1993, large numbers of national and international observers have become a norm in Cambodian elections. These observers serve as impartial witnesses of the conduct of the election and are thus able to verify or reject claims of wrongdoing by election participants — particularly systematic wrongdoing. While observers have sometimes criticised particular aspects of an election, they have generally been agreed that the election results correspond with the intentions of the voter. This verification of official results has been important for political stability in Cambodia, because it allows unsuccessful candidates and their supporters to understand that they have not been cheated. However, there is one party that has never accepted the reports of the observers. After every election since it was founded, the Sam Rainsy Party has declared that the observers got it wrong. Alway...