Brad Crone, a Democratic political consultant in Raleigh, N.C., said Mr. Edwards had proved capable of increasing turnout among Democrats, especially blacks.
Motivation means firing up the base, with the goal of increasing turnout among people who were never going to vote for your opponent.
To the extent that it would further his goal of increasing turnout among Christian conservative voters in November, getting behind the amendment, even if it was not adopted, was good politics for Mr. Bush.
Indeed, most of the democratic countries that adopted compulsory voting laws — including Australia in 1924 — did so less for the idealistic reasons of increasing turnout, as Mr. Galston suggests, and more to shore up the vote share of their particular governing parties.
And the Electoral Commission, an independent body the government set up to improve public confidence in politics, has long called for the voting process to be made more secure.In Northern Ireland the balance between the twin goals of increasing turnout and ensuring fair elections has shifted towards the latter.
Ms Eldret, whose ward is not up for re-election, added that talking to young people and understanding what might encourage them to vote was also an important part of increasing turnout.
In practice, the turnout of PMRs at workshops was relatively good with over 80% of invited PMRs attending training and with a consistent pattern of increasing turnout as the programme became more established in all districts.
And Mr. Schumer said in an interview that Mrs. Clinton would benefit both because of the increased turnout and because the selection of an Orthodox Jew who is relatively moderate would reassure Orthodox Jews worried that the party was drifting from their concerns.
Clearly, most of the increased turnout was because the Gore-Bradley contest was livelier than in 1996, when Arizona Democrats' only choice was between President Clinton and "no preference".
And he would seek to standardize the election cycles of local governments to increase turnout.
