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Q-tips, generators and a prayer: How to run an election

What it’s like to run an election in a pandemic. Also, the French president’s crusade to reform Islam.

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Martine Powers is your host, asking the questions you didn’t know you wanted answered. Published weekdays by 5 p.m. Eastern time.

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