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Letter: Early primaries disenfranchise Pa. voters

ISSUE | CAMPAIGN 2016 Pa. should count Pennsylvania voters are effectively disenfranchised in every presidential primary. Why should primary voters in Iowa and New Hampshire dictate our choices? Many qualified candidates drop out before the Pennsylvania primary in April. The system stacks the deck in favor of the super PACs and candidates appealing to the limited electorate in the early primaries.

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ISSUE | CAMPAIGN 2016

Pa. should count

Pennsylvania voters are effectively disenfranchised in every presidential primary. Why should primary voters in Iowa and New Hampshire dictate our choices? Many qualified candidates drop out before the Pennsylvania primary in April. The system stacks the deck in favor of the super PACs and candidates appealing to the limited electorate in the early primaries.

Why can't all the primaries be held on the same day or week so we all have an equally weighted part in selecting the candidates for president?

|Jo-Ann Maguire, Norristown