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Voting, Representation, and Legitimacy in the American States

Fri, September 1, 2:00 to 3:30pm, Hilton Union Square, Union Square 25

Session Submission Type: Full Panel

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Is voting administered fairly and evenly by the 50 American states? How legitimate is the signature-gathering process for placing referenda on the ballot? To what degree do factors like issue salience and contagion from neighboring states contribute to the representative relationship between public opinion and policy adoption? All of these questions speak to the legitimacy of representation. By answering these questions, these three papers speak to the quality of democracy in the 50 American states.

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