The Pennsylvania Ballot Access Coalition in seeking more choices
for all of us on Election Day. Current Pennsylvania law makes it
difficult for independent and minor party candidates to appear on the
ballot — much more difficult than in most other states. The
result is less political competition, less political dialog, and fewer
choices to vote for in November. The current system is simply not fair
and does a great disservice to the ideal of democracy and to the
voters. What you can do about it.

The trainwreck of 2006

In 2006, independent and minor party candidates
were required to collect over 67,000 valid signatures simply to get on the
state-wide ballot in Pennsylvania on Election Day. Legally,
Democratic and Republican candidates require no signatures to
get on the state-wide ballot, and even the 2,000 signatures required
for the Primary Day ballot are ridiculously smaller than
the virtually impossible hurdle of 67,000.

Pennsylvania law needs to be changed by the State Legislature to
lower the outrageous signature requirements. The Coalition has drafted
a Voters’ Choice Act and is
seeking sponsorship of it in the General Assembly.