Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/campaigns-push-for-voter-turnout-in-battlegrounds-like-colorado Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript As election officials prepare for high voter turnout Tuesday, Tom Bearden probes the massive efforts by both campaigns in Colorado to register voters and get them to turn out at the polls. Then, analysts examine strong early voting numbers and demographic shifts. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. JIM LEHRER: But first, getting out the vote, and NewsHour correspondent Tom Bearden reports on that from Colorado. NITA LYNCH, Obama Campaign Volunteer: Anybody that can sign up for that get-out-the-vote for a shift, please see me. TOM BEARDEN, NewsHour Correspondent: Democrat Nita Lynch has voted in every presidential election since John F. Kennedy, but she never donated time or money to a candidate until this year.She says Barack Obama has inspired her to work 20 to 30 hours a week for the past six months in his Longmont, Colo., office, signing up new voters, trying to persuade undecideds, and doing anything else that's required. NITA LYNCH: I've done a lot of data entry. It's whatever it takes. I've cleaned the bathroom; I've cleaned the kitchen, provided food. Right now, I have a big pot of soup that I'm going to take to our field organizers. TOM BEARDEN: Republican Peggy Littleton is a longtime political volunteer in Colorado Springs, a perennial conservative bastion. In fact, this area gave George Bush his fourth-highest margin of victory in 2000. Littleton says they need to do even better tomorrow. PEGGY LITTLETON, McCain Campaign: El Paso County has got to come along with a higher margin for John McCain than we've ever had to do before. TOM BEARDEN: Even though you've had record margins? PEGGY LITTLETON: We have had record margins, but this time we've got to up the ante just a little bit.