It has been the rule that independent registered voters have not been permitted to the privilege of voting in Pennsylvanias primary elections. Only those registered as Democrat or Republican may hold that privilege.

Democrats and Republicans alike are also forced to limit their voting privileges to their respective registered party. Democrats are only given a list of Democrats running for office to weigh their vote upon; as is the same for Republicans.

These rules limit the voting rights for many; and deny them for those that are not registered to one of the monopoly parties of Democrat and Republican.

Bill HR 1672 was introduced in June of 2009 to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. It may change voting injustice in Pennsylvania. HR 1672, is simple, of only four pages in length, and needs your attention.

See bill below.

PRINTER'S NO. 2113
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1672 Session of 2009
INTRODUCED BY DePASQUALE, BRENNAN, CARROLL, McILVAINE SMITH,
PAYTON, SCAVELLO, DALEY, SIPTROTH AND SONNEY, JUNE 12, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 12, 2009
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), entitled
"An act concerning elections, including general, municipal,
special and primary elections, the nomination of candidates,
primary and election expenses and election contests; creating
and defining membership of county boards of elections;
imposing duties upon the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
courts, county boards of elections, county commissioners;
imposing penalties for violation of the act, and codifying,
revising and consolidating the laws relating thereto; and
repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating to
elections," further providing for qualifications of electors
at primaries, for primary voting and party officers and for
voting procedure.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 702 and 802 of the act of June 3, 1937
(P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, are
amended to read:
Section 702. Qualifications of Electors at Primaries.--The
qualifications of electors entitled to vote at primaries shall
be the same as the qualifications of electors entitled to vote
at elections within the election district where the primary is
held[, provided that no elector who is not registered and
enrolled as a member of a political party, in accordance with
the provisions of this act, shall be permitted to vote the
ballot of such party or any other party ballot at any primary].
Section 802. Only Enrolled Electors to [Vote at Primaries
or] Hold Party Offices.--No person who is not registered and
enrolled as a member of a political party shall be entitled [to
vote at any primary of such party or] to be elected or serve as
a party officer, or a member or officer of any party committee,
or delegate or alternate delegate to any party convention.
Section 2. Section 902 of the act, amended May 23, 1949
(P.L.1656, No.504), is amended to read:
Section 902. Candidates to Be Nominated and Party Officers
to Be Elected at Primaries.--All candidates of political
parties, as defined in section 801 of this act, for the offices
of United States Senator, Representative in Congress and for all
other elective public offices within this State, except that of
presidential electors, shall be nominated, and party delegates
and alternate delegates, committeemen and officers who, under
the provisions of Article VIII of this act or under the party
rules, are required to be elected by the party electors, shall
be elected at primaries held in accordance with the provisions
of this act, except as otherwise provided in this act. In the
years when candidates for the office of President of the United
States are to be nominated, every registered [and enrolled]
member of a political party shall have the opportunity at the
Spring primary in such years to vote [his] a preference for one
person to be the candidate of [his] a political party for
President.
Section 3. Section 1210(d) of the act, amended October 8,
2004 (P.L.807, No.97), is amended to read:
Section 1210. Manner of Applying to Vote; Persons Entitled
to Vote; Voter's Certificates; Entries to Be Made in District
Register; Numbered Lists of Voters; Challenges.--* * *
(d) No person, except a qualified elector who is in actual
military or naval service under a requisition of the President
of the United States or by the authority of this Commonwealth,
and who votes under the provisions of Article XIII of this act,
shall be entitled or permitted to vote at any primary or
election at any polling place outside the election district in
which [he] the person resides, nor shall [he] the person be
permitted to vote in the election district in which [he] the
person resides, unless [he] the person has been personally
registered as an elector and [his] the person's registration
card appears in the district register of such election district,
except by order of the court of common pleas as provided in this
act, and any person, although personally registered as an
elector, may be challenged by any qualified elector, election
officer, overseer, or watcher at any primary or election as to
[his] identity, as to [his] continued residence in the election
district or as to any alleged violation of the provisions of
this section [1210 of this act], and if challenged as to
identity or residence, [he] the person shall produce at least
one qualified elector of the election district as a witness, who
shall make affidavit of [his] identity or continued residence in
the election district: Provided, however, That no person shall
be entitled to vote as a member of a party at any primary,
unless [he] the person is:
(1) registered and enrolled as a member of such party upon
the district register, which enrollment shall be conclusive as
to [his] party membership and shall not be subject to challenge
on the day of the primary[.] ; or
(2) registered as an independent or nonparty voter, in which
case the person may vote for the candidates of the party of the
voter's choice, the choice to be made at the polling place on
the day of the primary election. The voter's choice of parties
at one primary election shall not preclude the voter from
choosing a different party at a subsequent primary election.
* * *
Section 4. This act shall apply to primary elections which
take place after December 31, 2009.
Section 5. This act shall take effect in 60 days.