Ballot design and unrecorded votes on paper-based ballots

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 508-529

  Kimball, David C ^a   Kropf, Martha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

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EID: 27944507819     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfi054     Document Type: Review

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