Number of independent and 3rd-party voters surges in Pa., despite being locked out of primaries
Like many of Pennsylvania’s independent voters, Cumberland County resident Kathryn Malinowski teeters between political parties so she can vote in primaries.
She’s currently a Democrat, but plans to switch her affiliation back to independent after casting her May primary ballot.
“There’s really nothing that fits with me and my viewpoints,” Malinowski, 40, said. “I think both parties are so extreme on either end and … that our current system is broken and used by people who only care about themselves and not the people who elected them.”
Temporarily joining a political party is the only way Malinowski and independent voters can participate in primaries, because Pennsylvania is one of a few states to exclude them from the process of selecting party nominees.
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