BERRIEN COUNTY — With the polls set to open in Michigan at 7 Tuesday morning, a last minute push is underway to get out the vote and make those votes count.

State election officials expect voter turnout to hover around 20 percent for Tuesday's Presidential Primary in Michigan. Some remain worried that some of those votes won't end up counting because candidates John Edwards and Barack Obama won't appear on the Democratic ballot.

Both candidates removed their names from the ballot after the National Democratic Party stripped Michigan of its convention delegates because the state moved its primary up to January 15, which went against party rules.

Some worry that could create chaos at the polls on Election Day.

On Monday night, Berrien County's South County Democratic Club held a straw poll to see just how much confusion voters had, despite the fact that the polls didn't open for another 12 hours.

The results were all in fun: 7 votes for Obama, 14 for Clinton, 19 for Edwards, and 2 write-ins for Al Gore; 28 of the 42 votes were for candidates not appearing on the ballot.

To party leaders, that illustrates an important point.

"It does matter," said South County Democratic Club Chairman Jess Minks. "This uncommitted vote does matter."

"If you want to vote Democrat, but your candidate's name is not on the ballot, you do have an option and your option is to vote uncommitted," said Berrien County Clerk Louise Stein.

Are those voters getting the message? We hit the snow covered streets to find out.

Kay Nevil plans to pull a Democratic ballot, but told us, she isn't sure how she'll vote for the candidate she wants to.

Caroline Doan plans to vote Democratic, too, but says she's confused about what to do as well. Her solution if she's confused behind the curtain?

"I guess I would just not vote," she said.

That's exactly what election workers are worried about because, legally, they can't explain to a voter "step by step" how to vote for a candidate.

"All we can do is tell the voters what the options are or what the law or regulations are," said Stein.

Minks is convinced that will be enough to ensure Michigan isn't left behind.

"It is disheartening to some folks now, but we have to make the stand to bring it back to where everybody has a voice," he said.

To make that happen, at least 15 percent of Michigan's Democratic ballots in a Congressional district or statewide will have to be marked "uncommitted." If that happens, Michigan's Democratic delegates will be sent to the Democratic National Convention in Denver, where any candidate, including Clinton, can compete for them.