Would you consider modern China to be communist in any practical sense? It seems to be communist in the same way that Russia is democratic.
Do you have something similar in America?
And those observers conclude things like: the elections "failed to meet many of the commitments and standards that we have. It was not a fair election." and there were "flaws in the secrecy of the vote." "Effectively, we can't say these were fair elections,"
According to that article, there have been OECD observers since 2002, though not many.