Building secure elections: E-voting, security, and systems theory

Public Administration Review

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 515-528

  Moynihan, Donald P ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4644297648     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2004.00400.x     Document Type: Review

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