The Committee of Seventy has launched a new campaign, BallotPA, to advocate for an end to PA’s closed primaries. PA is one of only 7 states with entirely closed primaries.
Former PA party chairs Alan Novak (R) and Tim Rooney (D) agree that “closed primaries dictate whom the parties choose as candidates, how they run for office and how they govern once they’re elected. Candidates with broad appeal often never even make the cut. It’s a self-reinforcing cycle that serves the partisan bases of both parties, at the expense of the rest of us.” There’s strong bipartisan support for a more open primary system, but like many other bipartisan solutions, this one has yet to be given a vote.
Please consider signing the repeal closed ballots petition at https://www.ballotpa.org/petition.
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