Voting Technology

The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Michael Alvarez, R ^a   Hall, Thad E ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

American history; Ballot roll off; Election; Electoral manipulation; Residual vote; Voters; Voting technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923773393     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199235476.003.0013     Document Type: Chapter

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