Public Opinion

What does bid to let PA independents vote in primaries mean for you?

After 88 years of being treated as second-class Pennsylvania citizens, 1.4 million independent voters will finally get our ...
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Independent voters file Commonwealth Court lawsuit to end closed primaries in Pa.

A group of five independent voters including political commentator Michael Smerconish filed a lawsuit Wednesday asking a ...

Pennsylvania independent voters file lawsuit to end closed primaries

After 88 years of being treated as second-class Pennsylvania citizens, 1.4 million independent voters will finally get our ...
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EDITORIAL Time to open Pennsylvania's primaries

It is long overdue for Pennsylvania to open its primary elections, for a lengthy list of reasons. A new lawsuit, filed this week in Commonwealth Court, aims to make the ...
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How a major voting rights case before the U.S. Supreme Court might impact Pa.’s minority voters

The outcome of a major U.S. Supreme Court case could make it harder for Pennsylvania’s Hispanic voters to fight for ...

Independent voters file lawsuit to end Pa. closed primary elections

A lawsuit by independent voters including commentator Michael Smerconish is seeking to end Pennsylvania’s closed primary ...

Commonwealth Court Asked to Declare Closed Primary Voting Unconstitutional

A group of independent voters, which includes journalist Michael Smerconish and the chairman of Ballot PA Action, David ...

Independent voters ask court to declare Pa.’s closed primaries unconstitutional

Ballot PA Action, an offshoot organization of the good government Committee of Seventy group, praised the filing their chairman and former Committee of Seventy CEO David Thornburgh, TV and radio host ...
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Pa.'s 2025 municipal election results certified, after 2 audits

Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt certified the results Monday after county officials confirmed the accuracy of their ...