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Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in Oklahoma
- Report: Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in Oklahoma by Peter Wagner and Elena Lavarreda, September 21, 2009
- Sidebar: A short primer on the types of correctional facilities in Oklahoma to guide the development of state-based solutions to the Census Bureau’s prison miscount
- Press release: Census Bureau counts Oklahoma prisoners in wrong place; Access to state and county government distorted
- Arcview shapefile [ZIP] of all prison populations in Census 2000 discussed in this report
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Prisons can inflate districts' influence: A researcher says Oklahoma voters get unequal representation, by Michael Overall, Tulsa World (Tulsa, Okla.) September 20, 2009
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