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  • This is a good answer. I wanted to further clarify based on my experience with both. In Colorado to participate in the caucus you do have to be a registered party member. The party will have an evening where registered members who want to participate go to a designated location, usually a school, and sit with the other people from tbeir precinct. I can’t remember of you have to be pre-approved for this or if you can just show up. They then take a secret vote to determine who your precinct is voting for and also hold a vote for one person to attend the state convention and an alternate to attend and vote if the first person can’t attend for some reason. You then go to the convention and every precinct votes for their candidate. You’re obviously supposed to vote for whoever the precinct agreed on but you are not legally bound by that or anything.

    By contrast in a primary state that I have voted in they simply mail everybody both ballots (or I guess you could go in if you felt like it) and you vote on one ballot. Some states may require you to be a party member but in this case you can choose to vote on either the republican or Democrat ballot but you can’t vote on both.