Don't ignore value of primaries

Recently, in the editorial "The nuance behind Biss criticism of Madigan," you talk about how Biss and Kennedy have criticized Madigan and their possible reasonings behind doing so. However, one of the biggest take-aways for me from the article was how, in the article description on the website, it is noted that there are six separate Democratic Party candidates for governor in the primary elections.

I think that that is great - there are six separate people in a single party with differing ideas on how to solve our state's issues from our state's highest office. Each brings their own ideas to the table on how to address our state's issues and how to work with Mike Madigan.

However, during the last primary election, only 19 percent of people from Illinois turned out to vote. I find this to be sad. Primary elections are about having one's voice be heard in a party. Primary elections allow voters to choose politicians that best match their views inside their own party to run in the general election. But people don't seem to care that much.

There are candidates in the Democratic primary who support Mike Madigan and there are candidates who oppose Mike Madigan. Illinois Democratic voters possess one of these two viewpoints as well.

So, I think it is imperative that voters turn out to vote in the primaries. People need to have their voices be heard.

People in Illinois complain about the state's issues all of the time, and the only way to fix an issue in a democracy is to vote for the person you feel will fix it.

Christopher Henning Jr.

Mundelein