Driving Saints to sin: How increasing the difficulty of voting dissuades even the most motivated voters

Political Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 435-455

  McNulty, John E ^a   Dowling, Conor M ^b   Ariotti, Margaret H ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70350051323     PISSN: 10471987     EISSN: 14764989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pan/mpp014     Document Type: Article

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