By Tom Weber, KWMU
St. Louis – Missourians head to the polls Tuesday to pick nominees for President, and to vote on ballot questions special to certain towns or districts.
This will be just the third time Missourians pick Presidential nominees in a primary; parties have traditionally held caucuses.
But since all the voting machines will be out anyway, a few ballot questions will also be answered
They include a half-billion dollar bond issue from the Metropolitan Sewer District.
State Elections officials predict 23-percent turnout Tuesday.
That would be slightly higher than the 21-percent in the presidential primaries of 2000.
The $3.7 million it will cost to hold the election was removed from this year's budget, but the law that requires a February 3 primary be held was not.
As a result, money has been taken from other places in state government to pay for it.