Let Your Voice Be Heard: Sign Our Petition

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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.

 

4,682 signatures

Will you sign?

  • Kelly Joyce
    signed 2022-05-16 19:42:41 -0400
    How is this the democratic process? Why do you have to belong to certain parties to vote? This is WRONG in every way. Please repeal this NOW!
  • Cheri Velto
    signed 2022-05-16 19:17:51 -0400
  • Robin Flamporis
    signed 2022-05-16 19:00:07 -0400
  • Theresa Digiuseppe
    signed 2022-05-16 18:21:57 -0400
  • John Preins
    signed 2022-05-16 17:45:45 -0400
  • Judith Burger
    signed 2022-05-16 17:44:41 -0400
  • Jeremy E Pitcairn
    signed 2022-05-16 17:25:09 -0400
  • Brandi Hugar
    signed 2022-05-16 17:04:45 -0400
    We need to break free from this 2 party system
  • Suzanne Mann
    signed 2022-05-16 16:59:47 -0400
  • Marilyn Stack
    signed 2022-05-16 16:56:13 -0400
    Open primaries would result in more moderate candidates.
  • Matthew Courter
    signed 2022-05-16 16:49:45 -0400
  • Courtney Agnew
    signed via 2022-05-16 16:45:20 -0400
  • Kathleen Estes
    signed 2022-05-16 16:42:59 -0400
  • Mike Topping
    signed 2022-05-16 16:40:28 -0400
  • Hepler Donald and Barbara
    signed 2022-05-16 15:54:15 -0400
  • Margaret White
    signed 2022-05-16 15:29:41 -0400
  • Marilyn Gonzalez
    signed 2022-05-16 15:26:25 -0400
  • Charlene Sutor
    signed 2022-05-16 15:06:26 -0400
  • Kimberly Agnew
    signed 2022-05-16 14:53:12 -0400
  • Steve Matcho
    signed 2022-05-16 14:44:48 -0400
  • Nancy Pecora
    signed 2022-05-16 14:34:45 -0400
    I ONLY declared a party so I could vote in the May 2020Primary for a Democratic candidate that I believed could defeat Trump in PA and keep him from getting a second term.
  • Michael McCrea
    signed 2022-05-16 14:31:16 -0400
  • Addison Smargiassi
    signed 2022-05-16 13:49:09 -0400
  • Janice Marburger
    signed 2022-05-16 13:22:53 -0400
  • Michael Tickner
    signed 2022-05-16 13:20:02 -0400
  • Christopher Eby
    signed 2022-05-16 12:39:19 -0400
  • Lawrence Passmore
    signed 2022-05-16 12:32:18 -0400
  • Barbie Lewis
    signed via 2022-05-16 12:31:48 -0400
  • Michael Boofer
    signed 2022-05-16 12:21:38 -0400
  • Ann Baker
    signed 2022-05-16 12:01:53 -0400
    Allowing independents to vote in primaries will help candidates take less extreme positions and will keep us from having to pick between two candidates with diametrically opposing views. More voters will be involved and feel part of the process which is good for democracy.

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