Informing consent: Voter ignorance, political parties, and election law

University of Illinois Law Review

Volumn 2013, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 363-432

  Elmendorf, Christopher S ^a   Schleicher, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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