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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  • Rick Joi
    signed 2023-06-16 06:19:23 -0400
  • David Kulina
    signed 2023-06-16 05:21:57 -0400
  • Bonnie McGill
    signed 2023-06-16 03:45:25 -0400
  • Lorna Benner
    signed 2023-06-16 00:59:27 -0400
    Independents should be able to choose who they want to run in the general election! The Dems & GOP should not be allowed to cross party lines to vote, but Independents should not be penalized for wanting to have their voices heard!
  • Barbara Brandom
    signed 2023-06-16 00:58:27 -0400
  • William Swiernik
    signed 2023-06-15 23:43:33 -0400
  • Michael Otten
    signed 2023-06-15 22:22:44 -0400
  • Dominic McGraw
    signed 2023-06-15 22:20:48 -0400
  • Leslie Dias
    signed 2023-06-15 21:48:24 -0400
  • Maureen McGinty
    signed 2023-06-15 21:43:10 -0400
  • Richard Gliniak
    signed 2023-06-15 20:57:04 -0400
    Yesterday, a friend of mine, who is register as independent, said that he went to vote, and was shocked that he could not except for the ballot questions. He now feels discouraged.
  • Thomas Vernon
    signed 2023-06-15 20:38:20 -0400
    SO important for our democracy.
  • James Zoshak
    signed 2023-06-15 18:55:11 -0400
  • Sara Sierschula
    signed 2023-06-15 18:54:03 -0400
    Even better – get rid of primaries and use ranked-choice voting for general elections. But this is a good start
  • William Miller
    signed 2023-06-15 18:33:14 -0400
  • Audrey Eberle
    signed via 2023-06-15 18:26:22 -0400
  • Kenneth frederick
    signed 2023-06-15 18:21:19 -0400
    Registered libertarian pissed me off when I was denied casting my vote
  • Allison Kelsey
    signed 2023-06-15 17:57:06 -0400
    It’s time for PA to recognize what the electorate is like now. Clinging to our antiquated closed system disenfranchises too many voters, and that undermines democracy.
  • Jonathan Tweed
    signed 2023-06-15 17:48:24 -0400
    Though I remain a committed Democrat, I have long lamented the fact that people who have switched their registration to Independent are shut out of PA primaries. I have grown very weary of both parties, and of the dearth of moderate, civil, considerate, centrist candidates.
  • John Cattie
    signed 2023-06-15 17:48:07 -0400
  • William Griffner
    signed 2023-06-15 17:37:40 -0400
  • Gloria Ashcraft
    signed 2023-06-15 17:37:03 -0400
  • Philip Serratore
    signed 2023-06-15 17:32:31 -0400
  • Deborah Schmidt
    signed 2023-06-15 17:29:38 -0400
    As a registered Independent, I deserve the opportunity to vote in the primaries.
  • James Bannerman
    signed 2023-06-15 17:27:20 -0400
  • Christine Namey
    signed 2023-06-15 16:51:59 -0400
  • Frank Evelhoch II
    signed 2023-06-15 16:38:24 -0400
  • Kathleen Torrisi
    signed 2023-06-15 16:19:56 -0400
  • Gerry Hebert
    signed 2023-06-15 16:17:01 -0400
    Let’s get this done – finally!
  • Chris Evans
    signed 2023-06-15 16:13:22 -0400

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