Did your vote count?

By

Kevin Quinn

Assistant Professor of Political Science

and

Mark S. Handcock

Professor of Statistics and Sociology

Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences

A good starting point is Greg D. Adams' and Chris Fastnow's webpage. It includes a bunch of related links and information.

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