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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  • Trevor Randolph
    signed 2022-05-14 10:03:35 -0400
    Was surprised that PA had closed primaries when I moved here from WV. I had always been unaffiliated and am still uneasy being forced into a party.
  • Joanne Hershey
    signed 2022-05-14 10:01:04 -0400
  • Robert Cole
    signed 2022-05-14 10:00:28 -0400
    Let’s get Pennsylvania out of the dark ages and move to open primary contests where the majority of PA residents can cast a vote.
  • Anna Kline
    signed 2022-05-14 09:58:25 -0400
  • joan harvey
    signed 2022-05-14 09:56:27 -0400
  • Mary Wujek
    signed 2022-05-14 09:56:05 -0400
  • Adrian Noble
    signed 2022-05-14 09:55:43 -0400
  • Keith Wetzel
    signed 2022-05-14 09:55:34 -0400
  • Mary Eileen Jacobs
    signed 2022-05-14 09:54:57 -0400
  • Democracy Working Group
    signed 2022-05-14 09:53:25 -0400
  • Doug Page
    signed via 2022-05-14 09:52:39 -0400
  • Patricia Lennox
    signed 2022-05-14 09:51:37 -0400
  • Carolyn Faure
    signed 2022-05-14 09:51:09 -0400
  • James Hays
    signed 2022-05-14 09:48:50 -0400
  • John Kunz
    signed 2022-05-14 09:47:55 -0400
  • David Hrobuchak
    signed 2022-05-14 09:47:36 -0400
  • Barbara Bushman
    signed 2022-05-14 09:47:31 -0400
  • Pamela Hook
    signed 2022-05-14 09:44:44 -0400
    Closed primaries are taxation without representation. Open them up for all PA voters
  • Mary DiVito
    signed 2022-05-14 09:44:06 -0400
  • Debra Trudeau
    signed 2022-05-14 09:39:27 -0400
  • Mary Grill
    signed 2022-05-14 09:37:22 -0400
  • Jaime Dotson
    signed 2022-05-14 09:37:03 -0400
  • Margaret Becker-Layer
    signed 2022-05-14 09:36:15 -0400
    I’ve worked the polls for a local district for several years now and many times I have had to tell first time voters from both parties that they can’t vote because they are registered independent. The disappointment and anger on their faces is really discouraging. I’ve often wondered how many of them decide right then and there that our PA system is just too complicated and they resign to not vote again. Why do we continue to enforce a regulation that serves no purpose and limits the voice of our citizens.
  • Shirley Tung
    signed 2022-05-14 09:34:30 -0400
  • Mary Anne Lang
    signed 2022-05-14 09:33:00 -0400
  • Susan Roller
    signed 2022-05-14 09:30:52 -0400
  • Shawndra Holmberg
    signed 2022-05-14 09:30:14 -0400
  • martha copithorne
    signed 2022-05-14 09:29:26 -0400
  • Jeanne Passarelli
    signed 2022-05-14 09:29:06 -0400
  • Maria Rosen
    signed 2022-05-14 09:28:10 -0400

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