So fear not if you are a reader from the USA and thought it was only in your parts of the world that there were large swathes of the population indoctrinated into tales of sky gods and terror, who have placed on earth their divinely appointed mouth pieces to scare the shit out of you and manipulate your vote.
No siree, there is more of it going on than what's reported through the endless channels on your television.
Regional election time in India highlights far flung operators of the fear franchise, using far more rudimentary technology but nonetheless, gaining results of a kind it would appear.
The Hindu reports that villagers :-
"were in a state of fear when lemons, cut into pieces, and spinkled with colours on a green cloth were found in front of all polling booths in Madan Hipparaga village in Aland taluk in Kalaburagi district on Monday."
It was suspected that there was 'black magic' performed in booths in all eight wards where the election was taking place.
Elsewhere in India we once again see a report in thehindu.com that a resident of Yaddrami village in Jewargi taluk, named Bheemashanker was arrested by police after being apprehended by police whilst :-
"allegedly performing black magic in a graveyard during polling hours."
Unfortunately the report is brief and does not specify if Bheemashanker's brand black magic is indeed legitimate to practice in graveyards outside of polling hours.
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