21.   Candidates have been using the newly drawn map to gather signatures for nominating petitions.

22.   Candidates can use the sites any way they choose.

23.   Even if candidates use the time to make wild accusations, he said, viewers will be savvy enough to see through them.

24.   Few candidates are using public campaign financing, and a gubernatorial candidate might not even qualify for the ballot.

25.   For instance, in these frantic final days of a campaign, the candidates use their time carefully and seek out appearances that provide maximum exposure.

26.   For that reason, the strike zone for the rhetoric and advertising used by candidates should be a wide one.

27.   Herb Asher, professor emeritus of political science at Ohio State University, says candidates also use television to define themselves and the issues they wish to emphasize.

28.   If approved, it would become part of the Nationalist platform to be used by candidates who are running in legislative elections in December.

29.   In addition to their speeches, both candidates used testimonials from supporters and video clips to make their case during the three-hour program.

30.   In the closing days of the race, the candidates have used national issues to criticize each other.