«With a low turnout expected and limited media exposure in the nation's most expensive media market, the test of both campaigns will be to mount strong
voter identification efforts and effective get - out - the - vote operations.
Not exact matches
Ken Mehlman, chairman of the Republican National Committee and one of the principal architects of the GOP turnout apparatus nationwide, said a top - notch
voter identification and turnout
effort matters more in a congressional race than a presidential one because there is «much less of a public dialogue» about individual House contests.
But city Democrats today argued that the real «rigging» in the works are
voter identification and
voter intimidation
efforts they claimed the GOP has turned against communities of color, the poor and college students.
Senate Democrats have already put $ 10 million into turnout for contested races and began a detailed
voter -
identification effort months ago, while the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has brought on grass - roots organizing expert Michael Whouley to head up its turnout
efforts.