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    • The Influence of Initiative Signature Gathering Campaigns on Political Participation 

      Boehmke, Frederick J.; Alvarez, R. Michael (Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2005-03-21)
      Does direct democracy increase political participation? Rather than focus on state-level effects of the initiative process, this paper studies the effect of signature gathering campaigns on participation within a state. ...

    • Whose Absentee Votes Are Counted? 

      Alvarez, R. Michael; Hall, Thad E.; Sinclair, Betsy (Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2005-02-01)
      Absentee voting is becoming more prevalent throughout the United States. While there has been some research focused on who votes by absentee ballot, little research has considered another important question about absentee ...

    • Residual Vote in the 2004 Election 

      Stewart III, Charles H. (Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2005-02-07)
      In 2000 Americans learned that their elections are not always run according to the highest standards. This revelation led to two major developments. The first was a flurry of election reform activity at the state and ...