The United States sent a team of election observers to Romania on Friday ahead of a presidential election rerun, following criticism in Washington over the decision to cancel the initial 2024 ballot.

Romanians will head to the polls on Sunday in a high-stakes rerun of the country’s presidential election, almost six months after the country’s top court invalidated the original vote over allegations of Russian interference.

Romania is gearing up to hold a presidential election redo next month, a high-stakes test for the European Union member’s democracy after last year’s annulled vote triggered the country’s deepest poli