Race, Party, and the Consequences of Restricting Early Voting in Florida in the 2012 General Election

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 646-665

  Herron, Michael C ^a   Smith, Daniel A ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

2012 General Election; Early voting; election administration; Florida; race and ethnicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908661421     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: 1938274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912914524831     Document Type: Article

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