U.S. state election reform and turnout in presidential elections

State Politics and Policy Quarterly

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-101

  Larocca, Roger ^a   Klemanski, John S ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absentee voting; Early voting; Election day registration; Mail voting; Voter turnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954535433     PISSN: 15324400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532440010387401     Document Type: Article

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