Waiting to Vote

We review evidence that long lines waiting to vote in the 2012 presidential election were costly and disproportionately appeared in certain regions of the country, in cities, and among minority voters. We argue that the field of queuing theory helps to frame thinking about polling place lines. Becau...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ansolabehere, Stephen, Stewart III, Charles H
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Mary Ann Lieber 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/110798
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1428-7308