Are Americans confident their ballots are counted?

Journal of Politics

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 754-766

  Alvarez, R Michael ^a   Hall, Thad E ^b,c,d   Llewellyn, Morgan H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c California Institute of Technology ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 46849086605     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381608080730     Document Type: Article

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