In a remote Indian state, trading cash and gifts for votes is an open secret from NPR Omkar Khandekar Tom Bettenhausen

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India’s election commission says bribery is one of the biggest challenges to free and fair elections. In tiny Arunachal Pradesh, some voters receive the equivalent of up to a year’s average earnings.

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