A new barrier to participation: Heterogeneous application of voter identification policies

Electoral Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 66-73

  Atkeson, Lonna Rae ^a   Bryant, Lisa Ann ^a   Hall, Thad E ^b   Saunders, Kyle ^c   Alvarez, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Discrimination; Elections; Latinos Hispanic; Political behavior; Poll worker; Public opinion; Public policy; Voter identification; Voting

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; DATA SET; ELECTION; ETHNICITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LATINO PEOPLE; POLITICAL REFORM; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73749083541     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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