Miguel, an airport shuttle driver, points to a relatively new residential building that is mostly vacant now due to financial difficulties.The vote on the ballot initiative, which is expected to boost turn-out at the polls in Florida due to heavy advertising by groups pro and con, is being watched closely by other states considering similar tax initiatives (such as Nevada, California and Oregon).
They boosted turn-out and harassed opponents.
In a radical move, the party is considering allowing same-day registration, which is credited with boosting turn-out from around 59%to71%1% in some American states, according to the Demos think-tank.
From software to hardware, microchip maker Advanced Micro Devices could get a boost if reports turn out to be true that predict the European Commission on Wednesday will find that arch-rival Intel, which dominates the market for personal computers and servers, paid computer makers not to use AMD's chips.
If so, more of last year's boost to revenues will turn out to be transitory, and there is less fiscal tightening built in for future years than the Treasury believes.
Tinkering with the financial industry and boosting the construction sector may turn out to be good moves, certainly they are unlikely to do any harm, but such moves are hardly the stuff of the New Deal.
Joy, gratitude, and relief: these turn out, with a boost from Uncle Ike's, to be the elements of euphoria.
Americans may still be counting dimpled chads, but these pilots are part of a government project designed to hold an "e-election" by 2006.But will TV voting really boost voter turn-out?
Both presidential campaigns are frantically trying to find ways to reach the unengaged, turn out the unenthused, and boost overall support, even by fractions of a percentage point.
It may turn out that a natural way to boost melatonin production is to wear orange glasses in the evening.
"It's a way of boosting turnout, if the parties are doing this and making sure all their people turn out," he said.
