Open the Presidential Primaries Nationwide

The Issue

26,000,000 registered voters were barred from participating in the Presidential Primary this year. That's almost a third of voters in states with closed primaries. It is clear our primary election system needs wholesale reform.

We have a rare opportunity to make a revolutionary change RIGHT NOW. During each of the conventions in July, the Party Chairs relinquish their power to the thousands of delegates selected in the primaries. Those delegates, many of them regular folks like us, have the power to change the rules for all future Presidential Primaries. And, over the last 100 years, they have done so multiple times.

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The Issue

26,000,000 registered voters were barred from participating in the Presidential Primary this year. That's almost a third of voters in states with closed primaries. It is clear our primary election system needs wholesale reform.

We have a rare opportunity to make a revolutionary change RIGHT NOW. During each of the conventions in July, the Party Chairs relinquish their power to the thousands of delegates selected in the primaries. Those delegates, many of them regular folks like us, have the power to change the rules for all future Presidential Primaries. And, over the last 100 years, they have done so multiple times.

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The Decision Makers

Democratic National Convention Standing Committee on Rules
Democratic National Convention Standing Committee on Rules
Republican National Convention Committee on Rules and Order of Business
Republican National Convention Committee on Rules and Order of Business

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Petition created on May 26, 2016