Whose absentee votes are returned and counted: The variety and use of absentee ballots in California

Electoral Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 673-683

  Alvarez, R Michael ^a   Hall, Thad E ^b   Sinclair, Betsy ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Absentee voting; Election reform; Military voting; Minority voting; Vote counting

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; POLITICAL REFORM; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47549093438     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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