What Do I Need to Vote? Bureaucratic Discretion and Discrimination by Local Election Officials

American Political Science Review

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 129-142

  White, Ariel R ^a   Nathan, Noah L ^a   Faller, Julie K ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84937966410     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055414000562     Document Type: Article

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