THE BASICS OF GET OUT THE VOTE:

THE QUESTIONS YOU NEED

TO ASK AND ANSWER

 TARGETS: Who are your targets to win? What voter groups do you need?
Where do they live? What coalitions do you need to win?
 GOP VOTES: What is the base Republican vote in your district? What
percentage of the total vote is the GOP vote? Where is the largest concentration of
GOP voters?
 GOP TURNOUT: How will you “hit” the GOP voters – mail? Phones? TV/Radio
ads? Door to Door? E-Mail? Combined State & County Party Efforts? What
message are you using to turnout the GOP voter?
 OTHER CAMPAIGNS: What other campaigns will be turning out GOP voters?
What about the State Party, County Party, and other races – up or down the ballot
from yours?
 POSTCARDS: Do you have a neighbor-to-neighbor postcard program in place?
What other personal turnout programs do you plan to use – email trees, precinct
captains, personal phone calls, and employer-employee programs? Are these in
place to push the GOP vote?
 VOTER BLITZ: Do you plan to conduct a “voter blitz” in key precincts to canvas
before Election Day? Have you identified and targeted the top GOP precincts and
households within those precincts?
 ABSENTEE BALLOT PROGRAM: What will you do to capture the absentee
vote? What are the absentee voter regulations? How can absentee votes be
challenged? Do you have a “chase program” in place to make sure that likely
Republicans who asked for an absentee ballot got it, filled it out, and sent it back?
 BALLOT INTEGRITY & POLL WATCHING: Do you have a program to
ensure the integrity of your polling places? Who are the key lawyers in charge? Do
you have a system to check the publication of polling places, watch for voter fraud
on Election Day, and implement a recount? Do you have a poll watcher/poll runner
program in place? What are the requirements to be a poll watcher? Can you check
off names? Can you use cell phones inside the polling place?
 ELECTION DAY ACTIVITIES: What is your Election Day plan? Where will
you “put” the candidate? Is there a transport program to shuttle shut-ins to and from
the polls? Do you have a system to call in vote totals so you can track returns as
they are reported?

WITH A WELL-EXECUTED PLAN FOR INCREASING VOTER TURNOUT ON ELECTION DAY

YOU CAN ADD 2 TO 5 POINTS TO YOUR FINAL VOTE TOTAL

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