Kadima is concerned. Olmert
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Kadima fears low voter turnout
Party officials believe low turnout rate will harm its chances to win large amount of mandates projected for it by polls; Labor counting on opposite being true for its supporters
When polls show that a large section of the public, around 30 percent of voters, is not planning to vote on March 28 – the parties feel the pressure.
Six days from today, the elections will take place, and Kadima is especially concerned about a low voter turnout, which could in their view harm the party's chances to win a large amount of mandates projected for it by the polls.
"Our central aim at this moment is to find all the ways to get the Kadima voting public to the polls across Israel. The more voters – the more our chances are of establishing a stable government for a long term," said a Kadima senior elections day official.
Therefore, the party will in the coming six days organize a series of tours across the country. The aim is to boost the representatives of the headquarters and to instruct them on detailed activity on Elections Day.
The party has NIS 13 million (USD 2.7 million) at its disposal to fund Elections Day needs. This sum is supposed to fund the activities of local branches and central branches, in order to get the voters to come out to the polls.
Labor is continuing to prepare for Elections Day, with most details already agreed upon. Thousands will mobilize on the ground, filling the polls, and manning the elections headquarters, operating thousands of phone lines. Labor is counting on a high turnout percentage among its supporters.
