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Old 01-31-2008, 04:04 AM  
kane
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A few points were missed

For #1 not every state has a primary election. Some have a caucus which is basically a big meeting and debate. these caucuses take the place of the primary elections in some states. Some states have what are called open and others closed primaries. The basic difference is that in an open primary anyone can vote for anyone regardless of what party you are a registered member of. If you are democrat and want to vote for a republican, you can and vice versa. You can only vote in one primary though so if you vote during one parties primary then a few weeks later the other party holds their primary you can't vote in that one too. A closed primary is one where only registered members of that party get to vote.
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