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How do judicial elections in Philadelphia work and why do we vote for judges?

Pennsylvania is one of only eight states that elects all its judges from trial courts to the Supreme Court. Here’s how it works and how it got that way.

Pennsylvania is one of a handful of states that uses partisan elections for all judges.
Pennsylvania is one of a handful of states that uses partisan elections for all judges.Read moreCAROLYN KASTER/AP
    by Andrew Seidman
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