The vote over whether to raise the judicial retirement age in Pennsylvania came after a torturous legal battle, but according to court watchers, politicos and practitioners, the immediate impact of the measure’s passing should be to bring stability to the courts.
Voters on Tuesday narrowly passed an amendment that will raise the judicial retirement age from 70 to 75. The vote came after a lawsuit alleging the ballot question was misleading traveled up and down the state court’s appellate ladder before a similar suit was filed last month in federal court. According to the Pennsylvania Department of State, the electorate split by a difference of about 83,000 votes, with 50.9 percent, or about 2.5 million people, in favor of increasing the retirement age, and slightly more than 49 percent, or about 2.4 million people, against the amendment.
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