To vote in the Democratic Presidential Primaries in Illinois, does one
have to be a registered democrat?  In other words, can any registered
voter in Illinois (i.e. democrat, republican, independent, green,
etc.) vote in the upcoming democratic presidential primaries?

walnutchair44 - thanks for submitting your question to our forum.

In Illinois, anyone can vote in the primaries.  Party registration is
conducted when you cast your ballot.  For guidelines, please see -

http://www.vote-smart.org/voter_registration_resources.php?PHPSESSID=dbd9a737c632a56706612369993b27c6&state_name=Illinois&state_code=IL&go2.x=13&go2.y=7

Please let me know if you need additional information.

thanks,
ragingacademic

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Clarification of Answer by ragingacademic-ga on 06 Feb 2004 22:50 PST

walnutchair44 - I wanted to verify that my response pointed you to the
correct information; please let me know if you need anything else in
this regard.

thanks,
ragingacademic