Illinois' primaries will be held on Feb 5, 2008, AKA Super Duper Tuesday.

The deadline for registering to vote in the primary is January 8, 2008 (see here)

Relevant links

• elections.il.gov info
• Illinois delegate selection plan, for the 2008 Democratic National Convention
• preliminary polling
  • @AmericanResearchGroup
  • @RealClearPolitics
• states who are holding their primaries/caucuses before Super Tuesday (IA, WY, NH, MI, NV, SC, FL, ME)
• TheGreenPapers

Resources

• Lake County only
  • Confirm whether you're registered to vote
    • this suggests IL is an open primary, so you're not required to register with a specific party beforehand?
    • this says it's closed, but the requirement is weird and "loosely enforced"
    • this roundly confirms the "loosely enforced" above
    • this summarizes all the above as simply "open"
    • also, fine print: "Voter may change party affiliation at polls"
  • Find the polling location
    • I'm in precinct 312
  • full list of candidates, in case I want to research them more fully