Tuesday news
- Politicians:
- The court case attempting to settle the results of the contested state House primary (179th district) between Tony Payton (on ballot, current winner by a nose) and Emilio Vazquez (party favorite, write-in candidate) took testimony from lawyers and others yesterday, with the outcome hinging on whether to count a slew of stamped votes for Vazquez from one Division that were put in the wrong spot. I don't envy the judge this Solomonic decision, so my bet is on calling a special election to settle this race.
- Joe Sestak, challenger to Delaware County's US Rep. Curt Weldon, had a strong fundraising quarter as this race gained more visibility nationally and started to garner some excitement. Sestak says he plans to build his ground troops first before launching "an air war" . . .
- The Daily News devotes a major article to the question of Chaka Fattah's news-anchor wife, Renee Chenault-Fattah, and how her career might be affected (or her employer put in an unpleasant bind) if Fattah decides to run for mayor next year. The players are refusing comment for now, but plenty of readers left comments on this story...
- The court case attempting to settle the results of the contested state House primary (179th district) between Tony Payton (on ballot, current winner by a nose) and Emilio Vazquez (party favorite, write-in candidate) took testimony from lawyers and others yesterday, with the outcome hinging on whether to count a slew of stamped votes for Vazquez from one Division that were put in the wrong spot. I don't envy the judge this Solomonic decision, so my bet is on calling a special election to settle this race.
- Other
- A task force studying Philadelphia's disaster-preparedness says we aren't ready for an event of Katrina scale. Mayor Street will talk about specific recommendations at a press conference later this week. It doesn't surprise me that we're less prepared than other major cities, because we're kind of out of the way of most hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, and the like. Still, storms or explosions shouldn't catch our leaders napping.
- An Inquirer story notes that many have states have found that the arrival of casinos can mean a slump in lottery revenues, a nontrivial risk, given the number of programs making claims on both sources of money. State leaders claim to be keeping this possibility in mind, but they seem mighty unworried.
- Folks who use the western end of the Market-Frankford line will need to allow extra time next week, as the line will be closed for nine days starting Friday for major renovations, and riders will be bussed between 40th and 69th St. terminals. (See the link for details.)
- A task force studying Philadelphia's disaster-preparedness says we aren't ready for an event of Katrina scale. Mayor Street will talk about specific recommendations at a press conference later this week. It doesn't surprise me that we're less prepared than other major cities, because we're kind of out of the way of most hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, and the like. Still, storms or explosions shouldn't catch our leaders napping.
posted by ACM at 2:26 PM
1 Comments:
Yes, I'd agree with that. The law doesn't make exceptions for "mistakes" of the voters like this. (Remember the "Buchanan voters" in 2000 in FL?) Putting a stamped vote in the wrong spot is NOT the same as something like misspelling "Vazquez" as "Valasquez", etc, where it's clear who the voter wanted to vote for.
I think Payton will come out with a court victory as well as the electoral win.
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