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The Redistributive Effects of Enfranchising Non-Citizens: Evidence From Sweden 赋予非公民公民权的再分配效应:来自瑞典的证据

Political Institutions: Elections eJournal Pub Date : 2021-10-18 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3944655

Iñigo Iturbe-Ormaetxe, S. Sánchez-Pagés, Ángel Solano-García

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Fairness in Apportionment 公平分配

Political Institutions: Elections eJournal Pub Date : 2021-07-08 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3882872

Michael G. Neubauer

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Implementing Direct Democracy Via Representation 实行代表制直接民主

Political Institutions: Elections eJournal Pub Date : 2021-06-14 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3907824

Guadalupe Correa-Lopera

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Proposed Electoral College Amendment 选举团修正案建议

Political Institutions: Elections eJournal Pub Date : 2021-02-02 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.3777733

Bryan H. Wildenthal

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Benford’s Law Application: Case of Elections in Sri Lanka 本福德的法律应用:以斯里兰卡选举为例

Political Institutions: Elections eJournal Pub Date : 2020-12-28 DOI: 10.31014/aior.1991.03.04.241

Agim Kukeli, Hettiyadura Shehan Karunaratne

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Ranked-Choice Voting and Political Expression: How Voting Aids Narrow the Gap between Informed and Uninformed Citizens 排序选择投票和政治表达:投票如何帮助缩小知情和不知情公民之间的差距

Political Institutions: Elections eJournal Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3786972

Cheryl Boudreau, Jonathan Colner, Scott A. Mackenzie

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Making Rallies Great Again: The Effects of Presidential Campaign Rallies on Voter Behavior, 2008-2016 让集会再次伟大:2008-2016年总统竞选集会对选民行为的影响

Political Institutions: Elections eJournal Pub Date : 2020-10-01 DOI: 10.3386/w28043

J. Snyder, Hasin Yousaf

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How Super PACs Have Transformed the Federal Campaign Finance System: A Political Scientists' Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court. 超级政治行动委员会如何改变联邦竞选财务体系:一位政治科学家向最高法院提交的法庭之友简报。

Political Institutions: Elections eJournal Pub Date : 2020-07-24 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3659999

Anne E. Baker, R. Boatright, A. Corrado, D. Dwyre, John C. Green, Steven Weissman, C. Wilcox

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Time to Prepare for Voting by Mail 准备邮寄投票的时间

Political Institutions: Elections eJournal Pub Date : 2020-03-31 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3570653

D. Shoag, Stan Veuger

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Polarization and the US Electoral College 两极分化和美国选举团

Political Institutions: Elections eJournal Pub Date : 2020-03-30 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3564820

James Siderius

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