Why you should care

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.

The solution

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.

Challenger Candidates in Pennsylvania, 2006

Sick of out-of-touch, pay-raise-hiking Dem and Rep politicians?

The following independent and third-party candidates can be counted on to support the Voters' Choice Act and to champion real democracy in Pennsylvania. We need more choices and more voices, but free and open elections are not in the interests of either of the old party organizations. There are a small handful of principled old party politicians and candidates who support real choices for voters; ask your candidate or representative if he or she supports the PBAC's Voters' Choice Act. If your state representative supported the unconstitutional pay raise, please do yourself and Pennsylvania a favor, and vote for someone else.

Office	District	Candidate	Party	Ballot / write-in
State Rep	2	Dave Baker	Green	On ballot
State Rep	3	Timothy P. Reim	Green	On ballot
State Rep	5	Edward G. Tonkin	Libertarian	On ballot
State Rep	5	Scott R. Rastetter	Independent	On ballot
State Rep	12	Ronald E. Smith	Constitution	Write-in
State Rep	14	Titus North	Green	On ballot
State Rep	15	Greta Browne	Green	On ballot
State Rep	19	Derf Maitland	Green	On ballot
State Rep	20	Jim Barr	Constitution	On ballot
State Rep	24	Todd Elliott Koger	Independent	On ballot
State Rep	26	Jeff M. Brindle	Socialist	On ballot
State Rep	35	David Posipanka	Libertarian	Write-in
State Rep	41	Kenneth C. Brenneman	Independent	On ballot
State Rep	56	Brian S. Blasko	Independent	On ballot
State Rep	57	Thomas E. Ridella	Constitution	Write-in
State Rep	63	Michael J. Robertson	Libertarian	On ballot
State Rep	63	Timothy E. Champion	Constitution	On ballot
State Rep	66	Janet Y. Serene	Constitution	On ballot
State Rep	70	Kat Valleley	Libertarian	On ballot
State Rep	88	Christopher E. Irvin	Green	On ballot
State Rep	91	Lynn Smallwood	Green	On ballot
State Rep	101	Eric R. Wolfe	Green	On ballot
State Rep	102	Raymond S. Ondrusek	Libertarian	On ballot
State Rep	103	Sherman C. Cunningham	Independent	On ballot
State Rep	108	Dodie R. Lovett	Green	On ballot
State Rep	111	Jay Sweeney	Green	On ballot
State Rep	116	Michael S. Klesh	Independent	On ballot
State Rep	129	Lynn Schaeffer	Independent	On ballot
State Rep	129	Jeremy Levan	Libertarian	On ballot
State Rep	133	Guy M. Gray	Green	On ballot
State Rep	140	Michael Deasey	Libertarian	Write-in
State Rep	143	Tom Lingenfelter	Independent	On ballot
State Rep	145	John Ryan	Independent	On ballot
State Rep	157	James Babb	Libertarian	On ballot
State Rep	165	Michael E. Thomson	New American Independent	On ballot
State Rep	172	John McDermott	Constitution	On ballot
State Rep	174	Traci Confer	Green	On ballot
State Rep	183	Carl C. Edwards	Constitution	On ballot
State Rep	188	Mike Rosenberg	Green	On ballot
State Rep	193	Thomas J. Marti	Green	On ballot
State Rep	198	John Staggs	Socialist Workers	On ballot
State Rep	199	Katrina Heycock	Green	On ballot

State Senate	28	Ed Gately	Green	On ballot
State Senate	34	Tom Martin	Libertarian	On ballot
State Senate	38	Joseph Murphy	Constitution	On ballot
State Senate	40	Christopher M. Graham	Constitution	On ballot
State Senate	46	Demo Agoris	Libertarian	Write-in

US Congress	3	Edward G. Tonkin	Libertarian	Write-in
US Congress	3	Timothy J. Hagberg	Constitution	On ballot
US Congress	5	Berlie Etzel	Libertarian	Write-in
US Congress	6	James Babb	Libertarian	Write-in
US Congress	7	David Jahn	Libertarian	Write-in
US Congress	10	Veronica A. Hannevig	Constitution	Write-in
US Congress	12	Demo Agoris	Libertarian	Write-in

US Senate	PA	Tom Martin	Libertarian	Write-in
US Senate	PA	Carl Romanelli	Green	Write-in
US Senate	PA	Carl C. Edwards	Constitution	Write-in

Governor	PA	Ron Satz	Libertarian	Write-in
Lt. Governor	PA	Karen Simons	Libertarian	Write-in
Governor	PA	Hagan Smith	Constitution	Write-in
Lt. Governor	PA	William R. Kane	Constitution	Write-in
Governor	PA	Marakay Rogers	Green	Write-in
Lt. Governor	PA	Christina Valente	Green	Write-in
Governor	PA	Russ Diamond	Independent	Write-in
Lt. Governor	PA	Tom Lingenfelter	Independent	Write-in