increasing turnout

collocation in English

meaningsofincreaseandturnout

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increase
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.kriːs/us
/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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turnout
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtɜːn.aʊt/us
/ˈtɝːn.aʊt/
the number of people who are present at an event, especially the number who go to vote at ...
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(Definition ofincreaseandturnoutfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These pilot schemes were aimed atincreasingturnoutand modernising the electoral process.
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In taking a technocratic approach toincreasingturnout, however, we are missing the fundamental point.
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It would reassure voters who did not trust the postal service, therebyincreasingturnout.
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Another way ofincreasingturnoutwould be to introduce proportional representation—a fair voting system, so that votes count.
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The commission has said that the main responsibility forincreasingturnoutin elections must lie with the politicians and parties themselves.
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All-postal ballots were the only different form of voting carried out in the pilots that proved successful in substantiallyincreasingturnout.
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Although that is bitterly disappointing to me, it is a consequence ofincreasingturnout.
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We find such telling quite a good way ofincreasingturnout.
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It would also reassure voters who did not trust the postal service, soincreasingturnout.
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We have been piloting methods that we think may have a chance ofincreasingturnout.
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The intention was to improve the quality of our democracy and its legitimacy byincreasingturnout.
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To me, the key toincreasingturnoutis what happens between elections, not what happens at election time.
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Its conclusion at the end of the process was clear: that all-postal voting had demonstrated the greatest positive impact onincreasingturnout.
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Will he concentrate instead on investigatingincreasingturnoutthrough voluntary processes?
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If we were interested solely inincreasingturnout, it might be better simply to say to all the electors that they could have £5 off their council tax if they voted.
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