A dozen precincts will check in voters using electronic 'E-Poll' books to help speed up wait times at polling stations.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania voters will settle four statewide judicial contests in Tuesday's election, filling an open seat on the state Supreme Court — which has played a hugely consequential role in election-related cases in the presidential battleground state — and three seats on two lower appellate courts.
Millions have come from three sources in particular: a group that is a conduit for money from billionaire Jeffrey Yass, one of the GOP's biggest national donors, who supports school choice and anti-regulation causes; trial lawyers, who typically lobby against restrictions on filing lawsuits and damage awards in courts; and labor, including building trades and public employee unions.
that restricts the use of public funds to help women get abortions as well as Philadelphia’s challenge to a law barring it and other municipalities fromTwo Republicans and two Democrats are running for a pair of open seats on the Superior Court. The Republican ticket is Harry Smail, a Westmoreland County judge, and Maria Battista, a Clarion County lawyer.
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