The parties are supposed to use soft money for voter drives and other activities to build general support; technically, it cannot be spent directly to help candidates.

"We're going to the voter drive at the Negro high school."

But he switched to Mandarin Chinese when he revealed the true secret of the voter drive.

But they are often used by the party for voter drives and other efforts that help specific candidates.

They said they would spend whatever money they had on a voter drive.

For example, you may want to take part in a voter drive or offer your skills to a political committee.

Those conservative groups that do abide by it can buy newspaper advertisements, engage in direct-mail advocacy and help finance voter drives.

It is supposed to pay only for party activities, like voter drives.

Ms. Ferraro has 62 county steering committees around the state, all of them running local voter drives.

Dinkins and Jackson call for new voter drive and crusade against crime.