Ballot PA Vets Co-Chair, Vietnam veteran, and 4x Steeler Super Bowl champion
Rocky Bleier on the floor of the PA House.
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‘Our democracy will get better.’ Legislators push for open primaries | March 12, 2025 (WITF)
Pennsylvania lawmakers resume push to allow 1.3 million independents to vote in primaries | February 22, 2025 (GoErie)
Want Your (Political) Independence? | January 21, 2025 (Philadelphia Citizen)
This Week in Pennsylvania: David Thornburgh | September 15, 2024 (abc27 News)
How Candidates Can Sway Independent Voters | September 11, 2024 (Erie News Now)
Poll: 77% of Pennsylvania Voters want open primaries | August 15, 2024 (Franklin & Marshall)
Bill wants open primaries nationwide | August 13, 2024 (The Center Square)
Pa. independents could sway the presidential election; here’s what they have to say about it | July 15, 2024 (PennLive)
Top Policy Proposals to Watch in PA’s Budget Battle | June 28, 2024 (PoliticsPA)
The vast majority of Pa. legislative races will effectively be decided during the primary | April 18, 2024 (Spotlight PA)
Independents left out in Pennsylvania | April 12, 2024 (Scripps News)
Why independents can’t vote in the 2024 Pa. primary | April 10, 2024 (Public Source)
Politically homeless: What Pennsylvania's disenfranchised want from 2024 candidates | March 13, 2024 (Erie Times-News)
Closed primaries shut out millions of voters, divide Americans into ‘warring camps’ | January 25, 2024 (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Independent Party ID Tied for High; Democratic ID at New Low | January 12, 2024 (Gallup)
6 states are rethinking how they run their primaries in 2024 | December 30, 2023 (NBC News)
Bills to open Pennsylvania’s primary elections to independent voters pass in state House committee | October 17, 2023 (Penn Capital-Star)
Proposals To Include Independents In Primaries Advance In House | October 17, 2023 (Politics PA)
PA House committee advances bills to repeal closed primary elections | October 17, 2023 (City & State)
Proposals would end Pennsylvania’s closed primary system by opening it up to unaffiliated voters | October 17, 2023 (PennLive)
VIDEO: Pennsylvania lawmakers to consider open primaries bill | October 17, 2023 (ABC 27)
Pennsylvania students call on lawmakers to end ‘archaic’ closed primaries | October 16, 2023 (Penn Capital-Star)
Pa. House committee will consider open primary legislation | October 12, 2023 (Penn Capital-Star)
Pennsylvania lawmakers to consider open primaries bill | October 11, 2023 (abc27 News)
How 1.2 million voters in Pennsylvania could suddenly find their voice this spring | October 3, 2023 (Erie Times-News)
Push for Open Primaries in Pennsylvania | September 20, 2023 (Erie News Now)
Five former Pa. governors want to allow independents to vote in partisan primaries | September 18, 2023 (Spotlight PA)
Five former Pa. governors call for open primaries; ‘it’s the right thing and smart thing to do” | September 18, 2023 (Penn Live)
Former PA Governors Call For Repeal of Closed Primaries | September 18, 2023 (Politics PA)
5 former PA governors back repeal of closed primaries | September 18, 2023 (City & State)
Pa. Senate moves bill for earlier 2024 primary election as 5 former governors join in backing open primaries | September 18, 2023 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
In Pa., 1.2 million registered voters can’t take part in primaries. Election experts urge House lawmakers to change that. | June 26, 2023 (WITF)
Open primaries getting long look from Pennsylvania lawmakers | June 23, 2023 (Sharon Herald)
House committee hears testimony on changing state’s closed primary: ‘Why can’t Pennsylvania?’ | June 23, 2023 (Penn Capital-Star)
A push to repeal Pa.’s closed primaries is up for discussion (again) in Harrisburg | June 22, 2023 (Penn Capital-Star)
Our Region's Business - Open Primaries in Pennsylvania | May 14, 2023 (WPXI)
Pa. Senators Introduce Bill to Allow Independents to Vote in Primaries | May 1, 2023 (NBC10 Philadelphia)
Pa. state senators introduce open primary bill | May 1, 2023 (Pennsylvania Capital-Star)
State Sens. Boscola, Laughlin Introduce Bill to Open PA Primaries to Independent Voters | April 28, 2023 (WDIY)
Sen. Boscola bill would open Pa. primary elections to independent voters | April 27, 2023 (LehighValleyLive.com)
There’s a new push to make Pennsylvania’s primary elections open to independents | April 26, 2023 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Steelers legend and veteran Rocky Bleier joins state senators to tout bill ending Pa.’s closed primaries | April 26, 2023 (PennLive)
Another push to open primaries in Pennsylvania | April 26, 2023 (The Sunbury Daily Item)
PA state senators introducing bipartisan legislation to repeal closed primaries | April 26, 2023 (YourErie.com)
Sens. Laughlin, Boscola introduce open primary legislation | April 26, 2023 (TalkErie.com)
Video: School Boards, Fetterman’s Return, and Open Primaries (segment begins at timestamp 12:30): | April 23, 2023 (Pennsylvania Newsmakers)
Lawmakers again pushing to open Pennsylvania's closed primary elections | April 20, 2023 (CNHI News)
Podcast: Why Do Primaries Even Exist? | April 13, 2023 (Philadelphia CitizenCast)
Your City Defined: Primary Elections | April 12, 2023 (Philadelphia Citizen)
Poll Results: Nearly 3 In 4 Favor Move To Open Primaries | April 5, 2023 (Politics PA)
Open primary supporters renew push to bring in new voters | April 4, 2023 (CBS 21)
Sen. Dan Laughlin: Let’s give every registered voter equal chance to vote in every election | March 31, 2023 (Broad + Liberty)
Erie Senator Dan Laughlin Advocates for Open Primaries in Bipartisan Policy Center's Discussion | March 9, 2023 (Erie News Now)
State of independents | Feb. 5, 2023 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Pennsylvanians were asked what they want to change about the state House. Their answer: less partisan deadlock. | Feb. 3, 2023 (Spotlight PA)
Empowering the middle: Bucks politicians, political watchers embrace independents | Feb. 3, 2023 (Bucks County Courier Times)
Independent voters were the key in Pennsylvania | Nov. 9, 2022 (CNN)
Ideas We Should Steal: Make. Voting. Easier. | Nov. 9, 2022 (The Philadelphia Citizen)
Pennsylvania invented party primaries. Now it’s time to fix them. | Oct. 16, 2022 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Local group advocating for open primaries in Pa. | Sept. 7, 2022 (WFMZ - Lehigh Valley)
Steelers star and other veterans highlighting impact of closed primaries on those who served | Aug. 26, 2022 (Penn Capital-Star)
Should Pa. open its primaries to independent voters? | Aug. 19, 2022 (WITF Smart Talk)
'Open Primary' Legislation Supported By Bipartisan PA Lawmakers | Aug. 19, 2022 (Patch)
Pennsylvania lawmakers consider arguments on partisan primary elections | Aug. 18, 2022 (Al Dia)
PA House Bill Allowing Independent Voters to Participate in Primary Elections Receives Committee Hearing | Aug. 18, 2022 (Erie News Now)
Pennsylvania lawmakers considering open primaries | Aug. 17, 2022 (ABC 27 - Harrisburg)
Independent voters make a case before state committee for inclusion in primary elections | Aug. 16, 2022 (City & State)
Pa. lawmakers weigh bill that would allow independents to vote on primary candidates | Aug. 16, 2022 (Spotlight PA)
Lawmakers hear calls to open Pa. primary elections to all voters, not just Democrats and Republicans | Aug. 16, 2022 (The Morning Call)
Moving to open primaries in Pa. vetted by House committee | Aug. 16, 2022 (Penn Live)
Closed primary elections disenfranchise independent voters, veterans, House committee hears | Aug. 16, 2022 (Penn Capital-Star)
Legislation would open Pennsylvania's primaries to all | Aug. 16, 2022 (Tioga Publishing)
Pa. lawmakers discuss whether primary elections should be open to all voters | Aug. 16, 2022 (Sharon Herald)
Public hearing set to allow independents to vote in PA primaries | Aug. 15, 2022 (Keystone State News)
Pennsylvania - the State of Independents | July 27, 2022 (Real Clear Politics)
Repeal closed primaries in Pennsylvania | June 15, 2022 (Pottstown Mercury)
Push For Open Primaries Continue | June 6, 2022 (ButlerRadio.com)
Advocate David Thornburgh: Opening Pa.’s primaries is the ‘right and smart thing to do’ | May 23, 2022 (Penn Capital-Star)
The Push for Open Primaries in PA | May 5, 2022 (Erie News Now)
David Thornburgh spearheads new effort to open PA primaries | May 4, 2022 (Chestnut Hill Local)
Advocacy organizations are looking to open the state’s primaries to independent, third party voters | May 3, 2022 (WESA, The Confluence)
Ballot PA and Rep. Chris Quinn talk open primaries | May 2, 2022 (WHYY, Radio Times)
Independents can't vote in Pennsylvania's primaries -- here's why that might change | April 28, 2022 (Fox 43)
Why Pa. independents can’t vote for candidates in this May's primary, and the push to change that | April 25, 2022 (Spotlight PA)
Hearing on State Senate bill to open primary elections | April 21, 2022 (Fox 56)
Time to open Pennsylvania's primaries | April 20, 2022 (The Daily Item)
Pennsylvania state senator proposes bill to end closed primary elections | April 13, 2022 (WGAL)
Organizations renewing push for open primaries in Pa. | April 12, 2022 (WFMZ)
New bill pushes to open up Pennsylvania primary system | April 12, 2022 (CBS 21)
Pa. shouldn’t have closed primaries | April 12, 2022 (LNP Lancaster Online)
High Stakes in Pennsylvania’s Primary Races | April 9, 2022 (Real Clear Politics)
Group wants to let independents vote in party primaries | March 30, 2022
Here’s how we restore American democracy | February 28, 2022 (Fulcrum)
Bucks League of Women Voters call for open primaries | February 8, 2022 (The Reporter)
Run a meaningful primary to include independents | January 17, 2022 (PennLive)
New political party takes aim at Pennsylvania's broken politics | August 19, 2021 (GoErie)
Pennsylvania’s closed primaries | October 9, 2019 (Williamsport Sun-Gazette)
Readers React: Let unaffiliated voters participate in primaries | October 9, 2019 (The Morning Call)
