Race, Poverty, and the Redistribution of Voting Rights

Poverty and Public Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 106-128

  Michener, Jamila ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

NVRA; poverty; race; section 7; voting rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029661645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19442858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pop4.137     Document Type: Article

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