Going postal: How all-mail elections influence turnout

Political Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 223-239

  Karp, Jeffrey A ^a   Banducci, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early voting; Elections; Oregon; Turnout; Vote by mail

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039179784     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026662130163     Document Type: Article

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