Kyrgyzstan, recovering from an uprising that drove its president into exile three months ago, votes Sunday for a new leader in an election that could restore the country's reputation of being an "island of democracy" in former Soviet Central Asia. Acting President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who took power after the March 24 storming of the presidential offices forced Askar Akayev's ouster, is seen as the clear favorite among six candidates and is widely expected to get more than 50 percent of the votes for a first-round win.