An analysis of the impact of registration factors on turnout in 1992

@article{Rhine1996AnAO,
  title={An analysis of the impact of registration factors on turnout in 1992},
  author={Staci L. Rhine},
  journal={Political Behavior},
  year={1996},
  volume={18},
  pages={171-185}
}
In 1993 Congress passed and President Clinton signed into law the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. The law contained provisions for uniform mail registration, changes in purge procedures, and changes in some forms of agency registration including motor-voter registration. Using the 1992 National Election Study, I estimate the impact of several of these changes in addition to same-day registration. Same-day registration and motor-voter registration both show strong, positive… 
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