The election was an open primary, allowing for any resident who will be 18 by the Nov. 2 general election.

"I thought it would be good for me to participate," Robson said. "I just think primaries are an important process. I just feel a duty to vote."

That said, Robson didn't feel the primary fervor outside of the library. "I don't know of that many people who are really all that interested."

Only 61 delegates were at stake in Tuesday's primaries in Utah, Hawaii and Idaho, compared to 1,151 in next week's Super Tuesday involving 10 states from California to New York.

Utahns didn't get a chance to vote for two candidates in the running. Rev. Al Sharpton didn't register to be included on the state's ballot. And local party leaders refused to put presidential hopeful Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr. on the ticket. That fact didn't stop LaRouche, a perennial candidate for the nation's top post since 1976, from sharing his viewpoints in Utah on Tuesday.

At a news conference at the Sheraton Hotel, LaRouche said he believes Vice President Dick Cheney should be ousted, if not impeached, for pushing the war in Iraq. He also voiced fears the world's monetary structure will soon disintegrate, producing the planet's worst-ever financial crisis.

The 81-year-old LaRouche is a convicted felon — for mail fraud and conspiracy — and as a result has lost his ability to vote. Because he's not registered, he doesn't meet Utah's Democratic Party requirements for candidates and therefore could not appear on the ballot. LaRouche and his supporters believe the requirements are a conspiracy to cover the fact that Democrats are simply afraid of him.

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Contributing: Lee Davidson, Lynn Arave, The Associated Press