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Election Ink and Turnout in a Partial Democracy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2018

Karen E. Ferree ,
Danielle F. Jung ,
Robert A. Dowd  and
Clark C. Gibson
Karen E. Ferree
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego
Danielle F. Jung*
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, Emory University
Robert A. Dowd
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, University of Notre Dame
Clark C. Gibson
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: danielle.jung@emory.edu
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get out the voteturnoutelection inkturnout manipulationUganda
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British Journal of Political Science , Volume 50 , Issue 3 , July 2020 , pp. 1175 - 1191
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