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Every spring, Pennsylvania's voters head to the polls for the Commonwealth's primary elections.

But not everyone is included in this process. That’s because primaries are closed in Pennsylvania.  More than 1.4 million taxpaying independent voters are denied their right to vote in these elections, despite paying their share of $75 million a year to fund them.

It’s time to #RepealClosedPrimaries and allow every legally registered voter to cast a ballot in PA’s primary.

77% of Pennsylvanians support repealing closed primaries - including strong majorities of independents, Democrats, and Republicans.

Repealing closed primaries would guarantee a more fair process, increase the competitiveness of races, and help limit the amount of extremism and gridlock on both sides.

Join the overwhelming majority of PA voters who favor repealing closed primaries.

 

4,710 signatures

Will you sign?

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  • Marcella Moore
    signed 2026-10-20 07:47:23 -0400
    As an Independent registered voter, paying taxes, I should have the same voting rights as all affiliated voters.
  • Marissa Pavlinich
    signed 2026-10-15 20:33:57 -0400
  • Harshal Dear
    signed 2026-10-07 19:55:25 -0400
  • Doug Rhoads
    signed 2026-10-07 19:25:14 -0400
  • Amy Watso
    signed 2026-10-07 12:37:10 -0400
  • Anne Geiger
    signed 2026-10-07 08:33:48 -0400
  • Myles Miller
    signed 2026-10-06 09:07:48 -0400
  • Susan Acker
    signed 2026-10-01 12:51:06 -0400
    Each registered voter should be able to vote for the best candidate regardless of party affiliation. We need ranked choice open primaries so that candidates are elected by a majority of voters. Thank you for promoting this important revision to our current system.
  • Ariel Baumet
    signed 2026-09-29 18:54:44 -0400
  • Michelle Szuhaj
    signed 2026-09-28 21:03:00 -0400
    The forward party is the only one that makes sense. Time for UBI, rank-choice voting, term limits, etc.
  • Vincent Nance
    signed 2026-09-24 11:58:20 -0400
    Let’s do this 💪
  • Regan Fenske
    signed 2026-09-21 09:18:11 -0400
  • James Mahan
    signed 2026-09-20 08:41:37 -0400
  • Kathleen Szlis
    signed 2026-09-08 11:15:46 -0400
  • Timothy Hallahan
    signed 2026-09-02 12:04:15 -0400
  • Gary Markey
    signed 2026-08-30 06:17:49 -0400
  • Lynn Heasley
    signed 2026-08-27 13:32:09 -0400
  • Scott Mchenry
    signed 2026-08-25 09:20:49 -0400
  • Pamela Forsythe
    signed 2026-08-18 14:24:41 -0400
    This is an easy fix, except that the people who decide are the ones benefitting from the current system. It is undemocratic to deny any voter a vote in the primaries. And, letting all voters get involved, I believe, would prevent candidates from appealing only to the most extreme and/or engaged voters, who currently are the ones most likely to vote in primaries.
  • Pellumb Dizdari
    signed 2026-08-18 09:03:33 -0400
  • Nathan Holland
    signed 2026-08-14 12:54:26 -0400
  • Daniel J Taylor
    signed 2026-08-07 21:59:16 -0400
  • Mike Mckie
    signed 2026-08-04 19:14:29 -0400
  • Erin Brown
    signed 2026-08-04 12:34:07 -0400
    I’d like to volunteer to help to move this forward.
  • Shannon Salter
    signed 2026-08-04 12:20:41 -0400
  • Barbara Huffard
    signed 2026-07-25 21:11:26 -0400
  • Thomas Brown
    signed 2026-07-24 09:39:59 -0400
  • Hope McVeea
    signed 2026-07-12 11:58:02 -0400
  • Donna Bullard
    signed 2026-07-08 09:20:41 -0400
  • Patricia Weinstein
    signed 2026-06-29 14:04:50 -0400

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