The Impact of Election Day Registration on Voter Turnout and Election Outcomes

American Politics Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 636-664

  Neiheisel, Jacob R ^a   Burden, Barry C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

election administration; election day registration; partisan advantage; voter turnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862676134     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X11432470     Document Type: Article

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