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Half the world to vote in 2024, with global ramifications

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A man casts his ballot at a polling station during Bangladesh's General Elections in Dhaka on Jan. 7, 2024. Bangladesh, kicking off a year in which billions of people will vote in national elections. [Via VOA]

2024 will pose a major test of democratic rule as an estimated 4 billion people in more than 50 nations - almost half the world's population - are set to vote in national elections, with the outcomes likely to shape global politics for years or decades to come.

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