Pennsylvania is one of nine states that have closed primary elections. Only Democrats and Republicans can vote for candidates to move on to the Fall election.

More voters have registered as independents in Pennsylvania than Democrats or Republicans since 2016. There are about 1.3 million registered independents right now.

There are two proposals in the legislature that would open the state’s primaries to independent voters.

We’re joined on today’s program by David Thornburgh, Chair of Ballot PA, a project of the good government organization Committee of 70.

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