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.

 

4,672 signatures

Will you sign?

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  • Adam Drupka
    signed 2026-06-10 06:05:23 -0400
    No taxation without representation. If I can not vote in primaries , I am forced to vote for someone I don’t like and/or consider lesser evil or do not vote all together in general elections. In communist Poland , there was only one party that one could vote for , meaning if one goes and votes that person voted YES for the system/party , the representatives didn’t matter. Consequence was following, most people didn’t vote in Poland to express opposition, but it didn’t matter. Those who voted, mostly party member could say : society supported us 100%. What a lie, what a cheat. Closed primaries small exactly like that scheme. This is not a democratic process, this is tyrannical system. Closed primaries kill healthy competition between politicians and ideas, it undermines trust in election process.
  • David Coutu
    signed 2026-06-07 08:02:48 -0400
  • Maddison Brindle
    signed 2026-05-26 00:07:42 -0400
  • Joan Holyk
    signed 2026-05-23 14:54:35 -0400
  • Lynne Schaubert
    signed 2026-05-22 10:34:56 -0400
  • Katherine DiSantis
    signed 2026-05-22 09:38:17 -0400
  • Abby Rolland
    signed 2026-05-21 14:53:47 -0400
  • Delana Gray-Tuttle
    signed 2026-05-21 12:35:32 -0400
  • Paul Remaley
    signed 2026-05-21 06:42:21 -0400
  • Peter Holyk
    signed 2026-05-20 12:58:10 -0400
  • Amir Branch
    signed 2026-05-20 09:07:05 -0400
  • JoDean Myers
    signed 2026-05-20 08:32:30 -0400
  • Cathy Roth
    signed 2026-05-19 21:59:04 -0400
  • Marie Jean
    signed 2026-05-19 19:32:13 -0400
    Today may 19 2026… district 27 had a close primary, had me as unaffiliated and dont allowed me to vote for any of the candidates
  • Daniel Voigt
    signed 2026-05-19 18:20:55 -0400
  • Edwin Derr
    signed 2026-05-19 16:57:52 -0400
  • Dinu Surubaru
    signed 2026-05-19 13:16:46 -0400
  • Jillian Acevedo Bryant
    signed 2026-05-19 09:13:25 -0400
    Representation is the most important part of this. Party raiding by independents is a scare tactic, the numbers just aren’t there and research has been done that shows open or semi closed primaries has not resulted in party raiding by independents. This is a fear tactic and it is silencing American independent voters.
  • Justin Johnson
    signed 2026-05-19 09:13:12 -0400
  • Evan Badin
    signed 2026-05-19 07:24:49 -0400
    I don’t understand how this could be constitutional. A political belief should not lose access to rights -especially rights that i as a taxpayer pay for.
  • Dennis Leininger
    signed 2026-05-18 22:18:46 -0400
  • Sadiyah Sabir
    signed 2026-05-17 10:42:17 -0400
  • Vicki McClintock
    signed 2026-05-15 21:40:53 -0400
  • Cletus Marie Cibrone
    signed 2026-05-15 17:44:30 -0400
    It is really UNFAIR that us NONAFFILIATION AND INDEPENDENT VOTERS do not get to participate in the Primary. In the name Of Fairness for ALL and to represent and bring change it is only Right to have an OPEN PRIMARY so ALL registered Voters can participate. We may not align with a Party…. but we want a SAY in Future LEADERs in charge of TAXDOLLARS and that are supppse to Be A Voice of the People.
  • James McQuaide
    signed 2026-05-12 16:15:16 -0400
    I have been a citizen of our great country and a life long Pennsylvanian of 75 years .Please stop discriminating against me and allow me to vote in our primary elections as a independent voter.

    James McQuaide
  • Edward Bell
    signed 2026-05-03 16:38:50 -0400
  • Joyce Mitchell
    signed 2026-05-03 13:23:17 -0400
    It is beyond time for this!! So happy to participate..
  • Patricia Gills
    signed 2026-05-02 06:46:30 -0400
  • Chad Fenner
    signed 2026-05-02 06:36:03 -0400
  • Colleen Coyle
    signed 2026-05-01 11:03:49 -0400
    Please do not sell my information

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