Chapter 18: Q 2. (page 440)
What is the cost of voting in an election?
Short Answer
Expenditure on infrastructre, cost of gathering knowledge.
Chapter 18: Q 2. (page 440)
What is the cost of voting in an election?
Expenditure on infrastructre, cost of gathering knowledge.
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