A letter appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer  demanding that people who aren't members of a political party be able to vote in the Primary where the political parties select their candidates.
This letter was in reply to that.

Open Primaries

In the April 12, 2026 Letters To The Editor column, Norma Van Dyke, brought out that old saw about how “unfair” closed primaries are and voters who aren’t registered members of either party aren’t able to vote and decide who the candidates of those parties will be in the General Election.
Let’s look at it another way: if someone is completely unwilling to join either political party because of some perceived “stink,” why should they have any say in who that party runs in the General Election?
To make it even clearer: Someone never plans to live in your house but wants to tell you what kind of furniture YOU will purchase and even insists they should decide how to arrange that furniture.
Really? Somehow, this just doesn’t seem fair.

Ron Stoloff