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Articles, Reports & Web Sites on Voter Turnout

New York Times Articles

Markoff, J.  (2012, September 12).  Social networks can affect voter turnout, study saysNew York Times.

Silver, N.  (2012, July 15).  Measuring the effect of voter identification lawsNew York Times, FiveThirtyEight blog.

Other sources:

2012 Presidential Race. (2012, Oct. 8). Issues & Controversies. Facts On File News Services.

Katel, P. (2012, May 18). Voter rights: Should photo IDs be required at the ballot box? CQ Researcher, 22, 449-476.

Katel, P. (2006, September 15). Voting controversies: Can all people vote? Are all votes counted? CQ Researcher, 16, 745-768.

McDonald, M.P., & Popkin, S.L.  (2001).  The myth of the vanishing voterAmerican Political Science Review, 95(4) 963-974. 

U.S. Census Bureau. (2012). Voting age population and voter participation. 2012 Statistical Abstract.

Woodruff, J.  (2012, September 26).  In swing states, elusive youth voters are politically jaded and still undecided [video and transcript].  PBS Newshour.

Wooley, J., & Peters, G.  (n.d.) Voter turnout in presidential elections, 1828-2008. The American Presidency Project at UC Santa Barbara.

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