Voter identification laws and the suppression of minority votes

Journal of Politics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 363-379

  Hajnal, Zoltan ^a   Lajevardi, Nazita ^a   Nielson, Lindsay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85017358283     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/688343     Document Type: Article

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