The Republican Party of Wisconsin will hold an intensive 72-hour get out the vote"" program leading up to the election, hoping these efforts will help swing the state in favor of presidential candidate John McCain.
During the ""72 Hour Task Force,"" volunteers from the McCain campaign will contact voters across the state via phone or by knocking on doors and will urge them to visit the polls, according to Kirsten Kukowski, communications director for the Republican Party of Wisconsin.
Some volunteers are from other non-targeted states, Kukowski said, as well as several students from UW-Madison.
""We have a good Students for McCain and College Republican organization out of Madison, so I know that they've been [canvassing] every weekend pretty much since school started,"" Kukowski said.
According to Joe Wineke, chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin campaign for Barack Obama has been carrying out similar measures for months and is ""light years"" ahead of the Republicans.
Wineke said tens of thousands of volunteers for the Obama campaign in Wisconsin have spent the last four days encouraging people to vote.
Kukowski said even though polls currently show Wisconsin leaning toward Obama, there is no reason to believe McCain will not be able to win the state.
""A couple weeks ago we were looking at double digit poll numbers. This week we're looking at single digit polls numbers '¦ and it's going to keep getting tighter in the next five days,"" she said.
