At this point, none of the Republican candidates has built a large following, and that has kept voters from learning much about them.
Provided with the Clinton scandal, Republican leaders believed that they would again be able to keep voters at home.
Administered by whites, this practice also was used to keep most black voters off the rolls.
Robocalls have also been used to keep voters away from the polls, sometimes by giving them erroneous information about where to vote.
The objective was to manipulate the outcome of a local election by keeping voters home.
And perhaps more important, it seemed unable to keep Iraqi voters at home through intimidation.
Mr. Bradley also said a large campaign fund was necessary to keep voters informed.
Despite predictions that cold rain would keep voters away, polling stations reported a high turnout most of the day.
Then that was declared bad form; it might keep potential voters home and change the results.
Critics of single-punch voting saw it as a way to keep voters in the dark about candidates.