"You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time." --Abraham Lincoln
Independent Pennsylvanians is an association of independent and independent-minded voters. We support issues and campaigns at the local, state and national level designed to increase the visibility and power of independent voters in Pennsylvania. FIND OUT MORE...
Open Our Primaries!
Sign our petition to Open Primaries in Pennsylvania (go to petition).
Pennsylvania is one of 17 states without some form of open primaries. As tax payers, we pay for the primary system for the two parties, however, we are excluded from the process. Help us get open primaries on the agenda in the Pennsylvania house!
JOIN US!Help build the independent movement from the ground up and connect with other independents across the state!
We are committed to supporting independents across the state. See our Independent Bill of Rights for more information on our mission.
We Need Your Help! Congressional Hearings Letter Campaign
Our national office, IndependentVoting.org just launched a campaign asking congress to hold hearings on the barriers that independents face. According to a recent PEW research poll, independents are now 38% of the voting populace. We want to inundate congress with thousands of letters calling for hearings. SEE SAMPLE LETTER...
PREVIEW: How the Independent Movement Went Left By Going Right
News Highlights
5/5/2010
Independents active on Primary Day, May 18th. Even though they can't vote!
PHILADELPHIA, PA- Independent Pennsylvanians (IP) will be conducting an educational awareness and petitioning campaign about the primaries on May 18th. Our goal is to educate voters at center city Philadelphia polling sites about Pennsylvania’s closed primary system. Pennsylvania is one of a minority of states that still shuts out the fastest growing voting block – independents.
Rep. Eugene DePasquale (D-York) will be holding a press conference on his Open Primaries Bill (H.B. 1672) at the Media Center, 1-E East Wing of the Capitol Building in Harrisburg on Tuesday, March 23, 2010. Stephen Bouikidis will be speaking on behalf of Independent Pennsylvanian and Independent Voters.
Urge President Obama to Fill FEC Vacancy with an Independent
The call for President Obama to appoint an independent to the FEC is getting louder. In December, the New York Times published a letter to the editor from IndependentVoting.org president Jackie Salit and attorney Harry Kresky in which they responded to a Times editorial, "The Election Sabotage Commission."...
