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Brad Sherman: “We have just seen an election in India in which some 550 million people participated. That is the greatest exercise of…”

On the recordJuly 23, 2014
We have just seen an election in India in which some 550 million people participated. That is the greatest exercise of the franchise in the history of the world.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

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Sherman praises India's recent election as a significant democratic achievement.

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