More than 6 million Azerbaijanis are being asked to go the polls on Wednesday in what international observers say will be a presidential election that is neither free nor fair. The country is under the control of an authoritarian ruler, Ilham Aliyev, and observers see the election as primarily intended to secure his hold on power. The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), for example, points out that all six candidates on the ballot alongside Aliyev have publicly supported the president in the past. In addition, many journalists who are critical of the regime have been a…