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Low-income voter registration: A small-scale evaluation of an agency-based registration strategy

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  1. Department of Human Development and Family Life, University of Kansas, 66045, Lawrence, Kansas

    Stephen B. Fawcett, Tom Seekins & Louise Silber

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The authors express appreciation to Patty Jaimes, county clerk in Douglas County, and to the staff of Penn House and Ballard Center. We are also grateful to Don Bushell, Jr., and Keith Miller for feedback on an earlier version of this manuscript.

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Fawcett, S.B., Seekins, T. & Silber, L. Low-income voter registration: A small-scale evaluation of an agency-based registration strategy. Am J Commun Psychol 16, 751–758 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00930024

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