Deliberating While Voting: The Antecedents, Dynamics, And Consequences Of Talking While Completing Ballots In Two Vote-By-Mail States

An overlooked context for citizen deliberation occurs when voters discuss their ballots with others while completing them at home. Voting by mail (or “absentee voting”) creates an opportunity for informal deliberation in the midst of exercising a basic form of citizen power. We examined this underst...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: John Gastil, Justin Reedy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Westminster Press 2015-05-01
Series:Journal of Deliberative Democracy
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Online Access:https://delibdemjournal.org/article/id/495/