India is in the middle of its sprawling 6-week election season, where nearly a billion eligible voters will take part in the world’s largest democracy. Some of them will give their vote for a price. While bribing people to vote for candidates is illegal, India’s election commission says it has seized more than a billion dollars in cash, food, jewelry and other “freebie” inducements this year. NPR has more.
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