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?

  • frances Scullion- Hazam
    signed 2023-08-27 11:34:57 -0400
    Independent voters leave polls vary frustrated when they learn they can only vote Questions on ballots, not for candidates from either party. Expect they don’t bother ever trying to vote in a Primary any more. It’s disenfranchisement in disguise.
  • Jo Bitzer
    signed 2023-08-27 11:16:03 -0400
  • Adin Feaster
    signed 2023-08-26 17:54:00 -0400
  • Michele Fausti
    signed 2023-08-26 17:10:14 -0400
  • Stacie Bumgarner
    signed 2023-08-26 16:15:38 -0400
  • John Anderson
    signed 2023-08-26 09:49:50 -0400
  • Thomas Baier
    signed 2023-08-25 21:12:44 -0400
  • Ian Doreian
    signed 2023-08-25 13:32:24 -0400
  • Louise Barbaretta
    signed 2023-08-25 13:09:17 -0400
  • William Kiraly
    signed 2023-08-25 08:34:45 -0400
    As a retired veteran and an independent voter, I implore Pennsylvania to get rid of the archaic closed primary system. My vote counts!
  • Cara McMahon
    signed 2023-08-24 22:17:19 -0400
  • Paul Warren
    signed 2023-08-24 06:30:49 -0400
  • EddieMae Lauraine Acey
    signed 2023-08-23 21:30:30 -0400
    As a citizen of the United States 🇺🇸, I am entitled to vote 🗳 for candidates of my choice, under the party to which I belong. As a registered INDEPENDENT, I am denied that privilege during the PA Primary Elections. I would like to see this policy changed and all Elections be open to every Voter, regardless of their political affiliation. Thank you for considering my opinion and the attendant request.
  • Keith Hopkins
    signed 2023-08-23 08:58:37 -0400
  • Karen Wertzberger
    signed 2023-08-23 08:48:52 -0400
  • Heather Kershner
    signed 2023-08-23 06:03:57 -0400
    Thank you for attempting this fundamentally correct process. I would also love to have the “caucus” abolished, to truly establish a fair and just voting process in USA.
  • Michael Crain
    signed 2023-08-22 21:45:38 -0400
  • Nancy Hoffman
    signed via 2023-08-22 15:33:42 -0400
  • Stanley Horwitz
    signed 2023-08-22 15:07:26 -0400
    If the political party power brokers in PA insist on closed primary elections, then each party who holds closed primary elections should reimburse taxpayers for 100% of the cost of those elections.
  • L Tuckman
    signed 2023-08-22 09:33:51 -0400
  • Manuel Garcia
    signed 2023-08-22 08:33:45 -0400
  • Deborah Maizer
    signed 2023-08-22 08:31:13 -0400
  • Robert Meredith
    signed 2023-08-22 08:20:56 -0400
  • Muriel Lange
    signed 2023-08-22 07:27:27 -0400
  • Vaughn Deliman
    signed 2023-08-22 07:13:50 -0400
    It’s about time we stop this two party rule!
  • Kellen Cassidy
    signed 2023-08-22 06:42:49 -0400
    Makes NO sense why I as an independent can’t vote in a primary.
  • Donnan Stoicovy
    signed 2023-08-22 05:56:03 -0400
  • Kathleen Bernard
    signed 2023-08-22 00:29:04 -0400
  • Janice Nader
    signed 2023-08-21 23:45:54 -0400
    Nancy Forman

    Warwick, PA 18974
  • Diane Calvin
    signed 2023-08-21 23:23:43 -0400

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