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Depending on the time of day, at least half of them are answering machines. Quite a few tell me they don't do phone polls. I am undeterred. Every call provides useful information.

The Obama voters won't be called back. I weed out the numbers out of service so they won't be called later in the campaign when time is even more important.

Most important, I find many Romney voters and encourage them to volunteer locally in the campaign. I suggest they make phone calls from home like me if they can. If they are elderly, I ask if they need an absentee ballot or need a ride to the polls.

The purpose of these phone calls at this point is to find the undecided voters so the campaign can work on them and identify Romney voters for the Get-Out-The-Vote effort near Election Day.

What guides me is a saying from Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers):
"It is not your job to complete the task, but neither can you desist from it."