Brazil’s electoral system is a model for the rest of the world — with centralized systems and mandatory voting — but it’s under a lot of pressure. The World’s Carol Hills speaks to Scott Mainwaring, a political scientist at University of Notre Dame, about what makes Brazil different.
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