In further bad news, it looks like PA is electing a bunch of Republican judges.

[Barack_America]

With what looks like abysmal turnout in Philadelphia, thanks to a surprise transit strike this morning.

Awesome.

Gotta wonder whose side the leaders of Transport Workers Union Local 234 are on.

:grr:


Edited to add link:
http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=12&ElectionID=33

[ShadowLiberal]

1. I agree, they shoudl have striked tomorrow, this screwed us over

[Barack_America]

2. It looks like Philly might have 15% turnout.

Pathetic.

But with people having to scramble to get to work and then scramble to get home again, who the hell has time to vote?

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. :^o 15%?? That's terrible!

[michreject]

8. Election day should be a paid day off

Nation wide.

[depakid]

3. Way to go Pennsylvania! This after all of the bad press that right wing judges have been receiving:

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday overturned thousands of juvenile-offender convictions handed down by a judge now charged in a corruption scandal.

The judge, Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. of the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas, and Michael T. Conahan, a fellow judge who for a time was the chief of that court, are charged with taking more than $2.6 million in kickbacks from the owner of two privately run youth detention centers in exchange for their sending teenagers there.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/us/30judges.html

[Barack_America]

4. There are also two official, signed machine tapes just taped to the side of my building.

My building is a polling place for two precincts.

I just noticed them as I took my dogs out.

Apparently *somebody* was supposed to pick them up?

Jesus, what a clusterfuck of a day this was.

[bullwinkle428]

6. Eh...it's not like the political orientation of judges affects anything important!

:sarcasm:

[HopeHoops]

7. Yeah, but Harrisburg came out a winner!

First female AND first black mayor in one person!

She's going to be great.