And I will make mere lads their princes,
And capricious children will rule over them,
And the people will be oppressed,
Each one by another, and each one by his neighbor;
The youth will storm against the elder
And the inferior against the honorable.
Isaiah 3:4-5

As if it wasn't already obvious to everyone, already, Pennsylvania needs to move to open primaries.

In most states, you walk into the polling place on the day of the primary election, and you specify the ballot you want. You don't have to change your registration a month or more ahead of the election.

Not Much Happening

There's not much happening on the GOP ballot this year. Many of us who are registered as Republicans would, if given the opportunity, vote in the Democratic primary instead, in order to guarantee that there's going to be someone acceptable to vote for this fall.

Instead, we get to cast meaningless votes on races that aren't, by any stretch of the imagination, close. Meanwhile, the race between the Democratic candidates for Senator is being decided on the basis of who's more acceptable to Democrats instead of who's more acceptable to Pennsylvanians. It's independent voters who determine the winners in the fall, but half the time, they have to vote in the wrong primary in the spring, resulting in lackluster candidates running against outright objectionable candidates in the general election.

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