Do non-citizens vote in U.S. elections?

Electoral Studies

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 149-157

  Richman, Jesse T ^a   Chattha, Gulshan A ^a,b   Earnest, David C ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enfranchisement; Immigrant; Non citizen; Registration; Vote fraud; Voting

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; ELECTION; IMMIGRANT; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908465111     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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