Digital divide or just another absentee ballot?: Evaluating internet voting in the 2004 Michigan democratic primary

American Politics Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 510-529

  Prevost, Alicia Kolar ^a   Schaffner, Brian F ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Absentee voting; Digital divide; Internet voting; Political parties; Turnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 44849105175     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X08318586     Document Type: Article

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