Vote or Death in Myanmar

Myanmar will be holding its first democratic election in twenty years. Well, strike that. Fifty years. The dictatorial ruling class got absolutely obliterated in the attempted election twenty years ago, so they just decided it didn't count. Now, the military ruling class is going for it again. Funny way to set up an election:

“Every citizen who values democracy and wants democratic rule must cast their votes without fail,” says a daily exhortation running in the state news media that urges voters to choose “candidates correctly.”

I'm getting an Iranian vibe off these guys. Something tells me there may be rioting in the streets.

UPDATE: It's a bit like this.