Autocratic States Stage Elections, Claim Legitimacy

Autocratic States Stage Elections, Claim Legitimacy - Epoch Times, February, 2008
...In 2007, countries like Bahrain, Jordan, Nigeria, Russia, and Thailand, are passing themselves off as "democratic" by merely holding a vote, while engaged in election fraud, severe repression, intimidation and violence against persons of opposition parties, and threats and harassment towards the press...