ELECTION morning in Minsk on Sunday hardly held the thrills of the American election season, or the attention from media and public that upcoming votes in Georgia or Ukraine may command. As expected, it was far from a shining display of democracy. Independent observers condemned the process as unfree and the count as widely fraudulent. Two opposition parties boycotted the vote. Others were unable to stand as candidates, as they are political prisoners or prevented from registering by a criminal record as such.
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