European Union election observers in Ethiopia say that the national electoral board has lost control of the vote counting—and the EU is criticizing Michael Moore admirer Jimmy Carter for rushing to certify the election: EU report�cites concerns on Ethiopian vote counting. (Hat tip: Mark J.)

The EU report also said former U.S. President Carter, who led a team of 50 election observers, undermined the electoral process and EU criticism with “his premature blessing of the elections and early positive assessment of the results.”

Unless there is a “drastic reverse toward good democratic practice” the observer team and EU “will have to publicly denounce the situation.”

“Otherwise, the EU jointly with ex-President Carter will be held largely responsible for the lack of transparency, and assumed rigging, of the elections.”