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How Can India Hold Elections When It’s Too Hot to Vote?
Sweltering heat is keeping some voters away. Changing the system is a risk worth taking.
Voting in a heatwave.
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How do you run a democracy when the mercury rises above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit)?
That’s the problem faced by voters in India. A swath of the country’s east is sweltering under a brutal heatwave. The city center of Kolkata has emptied out, schools have cancelled classes, and one TV presenter collapsed on air with heat stroke.