Q about Voting in Presidential Primary - Missouri

[ellidew]

This is the first presidential primary i'll be (hopefully) voting in. I am a registered voter with the state of Missouri and Missouri votes on super tuesday. A friend told me he thought you had to be registered as a rep or dem in order to vote accordingly. I didn't think you had to be. I haven't had any luck finding the answer. Help?

[LyLMyssChaos]

Missouri has an "open primary" so you don't need to be assigned to a party to vote for someone in that party. You simply need to be registered to vote and you can vote for anyone from any party you like.

[tenofcups]

I found this on what appears to be the "official" web site:

What kind of primary election does Missouri have?
Missouri has what is known as an "open"; primary. In an open primary, voters may take a ballot for any party and vote for those candidates. Missouri does not require voters to "affiliate"; with any political party when they register.

In "closed"; primary states, voters are required to "affiliate"; with a political party when they register to vote and are then allowed to vote only for candidates from their registered political party. This is not the system in Missouri.

Here's a link to the site: http://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/faqs.asp#19

[ellidew]

Thanks ladies! I voted this morning! :D