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Here is the process for reading a csv file and extracting the second element in each row:

1. Import the csv module:

import csv

1. Open the csv file using the csv.reader function:

with open('filename.csv') as csvfile:
    reader = csv.reader(csvfile)

1. Use a loop to iterate over each row in the csv file:

for row in reader:

1. Extract the second element in each row using indexing (remember that indexing starts at 0):

second_element = row[1]

1. Use the second element as needed:

print(second_element)