PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Arguments are set in a federal lawsuit that alleges congressional districts in Pennsylvania unfairly give Republicans an electoral advantage.

Court records show that the case brought by five Pennsylvania voters against the governor and elections officials heads to federal court in Philadelphia on Tuesday.

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to halt the lawsuit after Republican legislative leaders argued that the case could occur as the justices are considering a Wisconsin gerrymandering case with "substantively identical claims."

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Two years ago, Democrats swept three open seats on the high court, so the Mundy-Woodruff race will determine if the partisan breakdown will remain 5-2 or move to 6-1. That could prove critical in the coming years, as the court is likely to name the fifth and deciding member of the group that will redraw legislative district lines following the 2020 census.

Mundy and Woodruff were studiously collegial during a recent debate in Harrisburg, although they took different positions on the existing policy that allows judges to accept gifts. Woodruff wants a blanket ban on gifts, while Mundy supports limiting them, but would let judges continue to accept free travel and costs to attend bar association conferences.

More recently, Woodruff has objected strenuously to a Republican Party mailer that asks people to "vote for judges who share our values and stand for our flag." Woodruff's son is a Marine Corps officer.

The statewide ballot Tuesday also includes retention votes for two justices, up-or-down votes on whether Republican Chief Justice Tom Saylor and Democratic Justice Debra Todd should get new 10-year terms. Judges and justices nearly always are retained in Pennsylvania.

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Two candidates are in the running for mayor of New Cumberland, Cumberland County. One, Republican Doug Morrow, the other, Democrat Natalie Gehosky. Although Gehosky passed away in late October, her name still remains on the ballot.

Cumberland County Communications Director Rachel Bryson said "once the ballots are printed, we have no authority to take anyone's name off the ballot. The ballots were printed before this individual passed away, and we'd actually been sending them out through absentee ballots, for about a month before her untimely death."

In Carlisle, there are many campaign signs on the streets of the borough the day before Election Day. Democratic mayoral candidate Tim Scott is one of them. Signs for his Republican challenger Scott Robinson practically are no where to be found.

Instead, Robinson himself can be found at the Cumberland County Prison, in jail awaiting trial on several charges including criminal trespassing, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest.

Listed as an inmate at Cumberland County Prison, Robinson also is still listed as a candidate on the ballot. It leaves Carlisle voters left to wonder what happens next if he wins.

"We certify the results here at our Bureau of Elections, and then we provide those results to Carlisle borough, at that point, they'll fall back onto their borough code," Bryson said.

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doesn't bode well for countywide races for the Democrats

sigh

traderdave wrote:What does it say about the people who vote for Robinson? That first one made me a little sad.