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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.

 

4,690 signatures

Will you sign?

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  • Loretta Murphy-Birster
    signed 2023-05-05 22:33:39 -0400
    I have been an independent in Pennsylvania for years because the two party system is antiquated and broken. Taxpayers should not be paying for elections in which they cannot vote. Government and public policy should not be held hostage in these constant two party tug of wars that are never resolved and lead to more conflict. Independent voters do not want to be forced to vote on sloppy seconds. We want access to the primaries. We want access to the candidacies. We want access to public offices.


    I visit the polls during the primaries to voice my opinion. I vote in every election. To deny me my right to vote in any election, primary or otherwise, because i don’t belong to the right club? I take major issue with that as a citizen of this state.


    We need more political choices not less access to making them.
  • Dimitri Martiny
    signed 2023-05-05 19:33:30 -0400
    Closed primaries are certainly not justified. We have our rights.
  • Donald Kelly
    signed 2023-05-05 13:01:47 -0400
  • Kristy Hoffman
    signed 2023-05-04 21:59:26 -0400
  • Anne LaCorte
    signed 2023-05-04 16:31:31 -0400
  • Anonymous Suomynona
    signed 2023-05-04 15:03:51 -0400
  • Mark Aronstein
    signed 2023-05-04 08:28:26 -0400
  • Laura Flaherty
    signed 2023-05-03 13:25:30 -0400
  • Jeffrey Kahr
    signed 2023-05-03 10:49:54 -0400
  • Angela Buchanan
    signed 2023-05-02 23:29:04 -0400
  • Robert Levins
    signed 2023-05-02 22:09:12 -0400
    Why do independent Voters have no voice in Pa Primaries
  • Timothy Strapp
    signed 2023-05-02 11:33:25 -0400
  • Michele Wolfskill
    signed 2023-05-02 09:50:20 -0400
  • David Povenski
    signed 2023-05-02 08:56:13 -0400
  • Allison Butler
    signed 2023-05-02 08:49:48 -0400
  • Nick Spinella
    signed 2023-05-02 05:02:55 -0400
    Nick Spinella
  • Franklin Edwards
    signed 2023-05-02 03:58:09 -0400
    Let’s get it passed
  • Bruce Sacks
    signed via 2023-05-02 01:14:21 -0400
    Would be an independent if this was in effect.

    So instead, I change parties twice a year.
  • Sue Patterson
    signed 2023-05-02 01:08:40 -0400
  • James Onesti
    signed 2023-05-01 23:22:46 -0400
  • Linda Onesti
    signed 2023-05-01 23:21:30 -0400
  • Jim Onesti
    signed 2023-05-01 23:19:46 -0400
  • Nicole Onesti
    signed 2023-05-01 23:17:24 -0400
  • Leonard Jungclaus
    signed 2023-05-01 17:18:34 -0400
    As a registered Pennsylvanian voter I strongly endorse opening the primaries. This will finally allow true representation to all Pennsylvanians.
  • Karen Obringer
    signed 2023-05-01 16:17:41 -0400
  • Laura Goss
    signed 2023-05-01 15:26:42 -0400
  • Evan Malone
    signed 2023-05-01 14:38:15 -0400
    Evan Malone
  • Frederick Lychack
    signed 2023-04-30 01:21:41 -0400
  • Andrew Ferris
    signed 2023-04-30 01:11:11 -0400
  • Karen Shaffer
    signed via 2023-04-30 00:39:28 -0400

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