Repeal Closed Primaries

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 1.1 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.

74% 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 in favor of ending closed primaries in PA – add your name below to join the movement to #RepealClosedPrimaries now.

Ballot PA is a project of the Committee of Seventy and is a growing coalition of civic, community and business organizations committed to ensuring independents in Pennsylvania have the right to vote in primary elections.

 

Who's signing

R. Wesley Newswanger
Christine Wray
Frank Bruno
Penelope Lisk
Joanne Magen
Paige H
Gene Weierbach
William Telek
Judy Glenn
Al Demarcki
Janice Mooney
Colleen Malone
Mary Park
Shanae Brown
Michele McKinney
David Duys
Jessica Forsell
Mark Heckman
matthew tighe
Stephanie McAlaine
Terry Steyer
Philip Sidwell
Janice Lambert
David Roberts
Beverly Hoover
Kathleen Chandler
Linda Dolan
David Romanko
Gerald Ephault
Andrew McKinnon
4,220 signatures

Will you sign?

  • R. Wesley Newswanger
    signed 2023-06-29 19:24:47 -0400
  • Christine Wray
    signed 2023-06-29 16:57:34 -0400
  • Frank Bruno
    signed 2023-06-29 15:32:13 -0400
    Frank A. Bruno Jr.
  • Penelope Lisk
    signed 2023-06-29 15:02:48 -0400
  • Joanne Magen
    signed 2023-06-29 13:25:33 -0400
  • Paige H
    signed via 2023-06-29 09:32:02 -0400
  • Gene Weierbach
    signed via 2023-06-26 16:24:00 -0400
  • William Telek
    signed via 2023-06-23 10:09:59 -0400
    I am forced to pick a party just so I can vote in primaries when I do not truly feel I belong to either. It is wrong to shut people out of the “semifinals” of the selection process, just because they do not relate to either major party. Until this law is changed, I am forced to caucus with the party I deem the “lesser evil.” This has to change.
  • Judy Glenn
    signed via 2023-06-22 16:01:32 -0400
  • Al Demarcki
    signed 2023-06-22 14:03:18 -0400
    Repeal closed primaries
  • Janice Mooney
    signed via 2023-06-22 06:54:46 -0400
  • Colleen Malone
    signed 2023-06-21 18:44:46 -0400
  • Mary Park
    signed 2023-06-21 17:31:08 -0400
  • Shanae Brown
    signed 2023-06-21 08:29:14 -0400
    All voters should be eligible! Repeal closed primaries
  • Michele McKinney
    signed 2023-06-20 21:22:46 -0400
  • David Duys
    signed 2023-06-20 19:11:31 -0400
  • Jessica Forsell
    signed 2023-06-20 18:54:17 -0400
    Please repeal closed primaries — it is embarrassing that PA is one of the only states remaining that has not reformed a practice that is anti-competitive and shuts tax-paying voters out of the process
  • Mark Heckman
    signed via 2023-06-20 17:22:44 -0400
    Mark Heckman
  • matthew tighe
    signed 2023-06-19 20:26:17 -0400
  • Stephanie McAlaine
    signed 2023-06-19 13:28:56 -0400
  • Terry Steyer
    signed 2023-06-19 08:22:19 -0400
  • Philip Sidwell
    signed via 2023-06-18 23:28:19 -0400
  • Janice Lambert
    signed 2023-06-18 07:43:37 -0400
    Janice W. Lambert
  • David Roberts
    signed 2023-06-17 16:11:52 -0400
  • Beverly Hoover
    signed via 2023-06-17 15:09:22 -0400
  • Kathleen Chandler
    signed 2023-06-17 09:49:01 -0400
    Kathleen R Chandler, retired educator
  • Linda Dolan
    signed via 2023-06-17 01:17:11 -0400
  • David Romanko
    signed 2023-06-16 22:40:04 -0400
  • Gerald Ephault
    signed 2023-06-16 16:27:36 -0400
    Gerald Ephault
  • Andrew McKinnon
    signed 2023-06-16 16:26:16 -0400

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