get out the vote

English

Alternative forms

• GOTV

Verb

get out the vote (third-person singular simple present gets out the vote, present participle getting out the vote, simple past got out the vote, past participle gotten out the vote)

1. (chiefly US politics, idiomatic) To increase voter turnout, typically in a highly partisan way.
   • 2022 September 23, 0:07 from the start, in As Putin goes for broke: What next after Ukraine annexation referendums? • FRANCE 24 English‎^[1], spoken by François Picard, France 24, archived from the original on 27 September 2022:

     What happens when there's that knock at the door? Moscow's hastily-organised referendums in occupied parts of Ukraine coming complete with house-to-house searches of ballot recipients. It takes the concept of "get out the vote" to a whole new level. We'll ask about turnout numbers that already beggar belief and what happens after Vladimir Putin's Friday address scheduled before a joint session of the Russian parliament.

See also

• precinct money, street money, walk-around money