Kazakhstan election offers rare opening for independent voices

Post-unrest reforms add meaning to Sunday's vote despite democratic shortcomings

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A man rides a horse past an election campaign board in Almaty, Kazakhstan on March 15. © Reuters

PAUL BARTLETT, Contributing writer

ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- Voters in Kazakhstan head to the polls for a snap parliamentary election on Sunday with an opportunity to send some genuine opposition voices to the Mazhilis, the lower house, for the first time since 2007.

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