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This story was funded in part by the Dick Goldensohn Fund.

Sunday was the first election in twenty years in Burma, but the day's programming on the state run television network ranged from golfing tips to hair style shows. It was a very different kind of day from what many people in Burma experienced. Reports from around the country reported election fraud, with intimidation of voters, denying voters the right to vote, and forcing voters to vote for the military's own party comprising the core of the complaints.