A Principle or a Strategy? Voter Identification Laws and Partisan Competition in the American States

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 18-33

  Hicks, William D ^a   McKee, Seth C ^b   Sellers, Mitchell D ^c   Smith, Daniel A ^c  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

electoral competition; legislative studies; polarization; political parties; voter ID laws

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923899670     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: 1938274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912914554039     Document Type: Article

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