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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2023 - 2024
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | March 6, 2023 10:42 AM |
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| From: | Representative Marla Brown |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Open Primaries |
| In the near future, I will be reintroducing legislation (prior session HB1369) to allow all voters to participate in primary elections. There are over 740,000 registered unaffiliated voters in Pennsylvania. This legislation will give them the right to participate in the primary election process. Specifically, on the day of the primary election, it will allow these voters to choose to cast their vote on either the Republican or Democrat ballot. Voters who are registered with either the Republican or Democratic parties will continue to be required to vote on their respective ballots. Many states across the country offer all voters the ability to participate in primary elections, either through open primaries or through non-party registration systems. My legislation would maintain Pennsylvania’s system of party registration but allow voters not registered with either the Republican or Democratic parties a chance to participate. Please join me in sponsoring this important legislation. |
Introduced as HB976