People who have their tickets but do not use them: "Motor voter, " registration, and turnout revisited

American Politics Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 479-504

  Brown, Robert D ^a   Wedeking, Justin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Election reform; Motor voter; NVRA; Political participation; Turnout; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744899635     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X05281122     Document Type: Article

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