Where the Good Signatures Are: The Number and Validity Rates of Initiative Petition Signatures Gathered in California Counties
One of the biggest hurdles to qualifying an initiative for the ballot is gathering the required number of signatures. Yet little is known about these signatures' representativeness or demographic origin. Using data from eight recent California initiatives, we study the distribution of signature...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
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Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96550 |