Revisiting the relationship between secret ballots and turnout: A new test of two legal-institutional theories

American Politics Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 194-215

  Heckelman, Jac C ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0012347703     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X00028002003     Document Type: Article

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