His name was on my absentee ballot, but he had pulled out of the race before our primary date (1 March).

Primaries and caucuses are all about allocating national convention delegates. If Uncommitted gets at least 15% of the vote in a party primary, then some delegates from that state will go to the party’s convention without being pledged to vote for one candidate or another. (They’d be free to vote for any candidate at the convention.)

Voter's can't make up their minds so they let the uncommitted delegates do it for them? In Michigan's case, they didn't get 15% so it was 20,000 wasted votes.

I'm guessing that people think of that as a way of saying, "I'm not sure who I like best."

That said, in 2008 Obama supporters in Michigan voted Uncommitted because he didn't appear on the ballot. So it does have its uses.

In that Wayne Co. districts are not done being tallied, as they're listed as partial?

my oldest son turned 18 this year and was excited about registering to vote. I explained to him how the primary elections are very different than the November elections, and how you vote for races within a party, and how there will also be delegates on the ballot. His eyes got big and he said he may just wait until November.

Well, he did vote, on a provisional ballot after they confirmed he was registered but wasn't on the roll (a print out at the table).

He voted on a state amendment, left everything else blank, and voted "Uncommitted" on President because he said he hadn't decided.

And that's my Uncommitted vote story.