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Gov. Blagojevich on Wednesday added Illinois to the list of states that are accelerating the selection of presidential candidates next year by signing a measure moving the state’s primary to Feb. 5 from its traditional mid-March date. Ostensibly aimed at giving the state’s voters more say in selecting delegates, supporters acknowledged it largely was done to boost home-state U.S. Sen. Barack Obama’s bid for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.
