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A Note on Monitoring Costs and Voter Fraud

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  • Philip E. Graves
  • Robert L. Sexton
  • Gary Galles

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Election fraud can threaten democracy if many ineligible people are allowed to vote. The usual policy prescription is to increase monitoring cost. However, this is very costly. This paper proposes a more cost effective strategy: substitute tougher and consistent statutes across states against voter fraud.

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  • Philip E. Graves & Robert L. Sexton & Gary Galles, 2014. "A Note on Monitoring Costs and Voter Fraud," The American Economist, Sage Publications, vol. 59(2), pages 134-138, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:amerec:v:59:y:2014:i:2:p:134-138
    DOI: 10.1177/056943451405900204
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