Ballot Pa

ballot pa is a project of the committee of seventy (www.seventy.org). it is a growing coalition of civic, community, and business organizations committed to open and free elections in pennsylvania that lead to responsive and accountable government. pennsylvania’s closed primary elections shut out 1.3 million voters from important elections every year. from local council or commissioner to the u.s. presidency, more than one out of every seven registered voters are barred from having a say in a critical part of the electoral process. this occurs despite the fact that primaries, which cost ~$20 million each spring, are funded with tax dollars from every pennsylvanian regardless of their political affiliation. that's why it's time to repeal pa's closed primaries. ballot pa believes in: - fairness in representation: more than one million pennsylvanians are shut out of primary elections that often determine who represents them. - no taxation without representation: primary elections are