The racial gap in wait times: Why minority precincts are underserved by local election officials

Political Science Quarterly

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 527-547

  Pettigrew, Stephen ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85029706650     PISSN: 00323195     EISSN: 1538165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/polq.12657     Document Type: Article

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