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VIDEO Pressure grows to loosen party grip on Pennsylvania primary

Russia investigation.

The justice department and muller spokespeople didn't immediately comment.

>>pennsylvania could face a major overhaul to its election system.

>>lawmakers are considering a new bill that would open in pennsylvania primaries to independents allowing them to cast their votes for either party wfmz is irene snyder has the details.

>>the primary election is just a couple weeks away and as of right now pennsylvania's will be a close election only democratic voters can vote in the democratic primary.

>>republican voters in a republican primary, but that could change republican senator joe scarnati recently introduced a bill to the senate legislature that would allow registered independents to vote for one party in the primary elections.

Joining the 22 other states that dew of open primaries, what it would do.

>>for unaffiliated voters allow them to pick and choose competitive primaries of the 8.5 million total voters in pennsylvania more than 750,000.

>>are registered independent.

According to political analyst terry madonna.

While these may be unaffiliated voters.

He says even now in the general elections most will vote for the same party every time the vast majority of them vote one way or the other predictably so it's not like an independent voter in one election is voting in democratic primary and you know.

>>voting the other way in another primary bill received hearing at the senate state government committee last week.

>>and does a backing from democrats and governor tom wolf.

But according to madonna weather will be passed still up for debate.

The one thing the party leaders want is familiarity.

They rarely want change of that kind.

But who




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