The unfortunate natural experiment in ballot design: The Scottish Parliamentary elections of 2007

Electoral Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 442-459

  Carman, Christopher ^a   Mitchell, James ^a   Johns, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ballot design; Rejected ballots; Residual votes; Scottish elections

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 44749093472     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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