The Daily Numbers for Tuesday, Nov. 3 (Election Day Edition)

The Daily Numbers: 3 seats on the Pa. Supreme Court that will be filled by voters today.

2 of those seats caused by conviction (Joan Orie Melvin) or the porn email scandal (Seamus McCaffery).

1 seat to be filled on Commonwealth Court

1 seat on Superior Court.

11.5 million dollars contributed to candidates in the Supreme Court race. Can you say merit selection?

5 candidates for the next mayor of Philadelphia. Don’t kid yourself. Democrat Jim Kenney wins this one over Republican Melissa Murray Bailey.

7-1 Dem voter registration edge in Philly.

1952, last time a Republican sat in the Philly mayor’s seat.

7 a.m. to 8 p.m., hours for voting in Pa.

25 to 30 percent, the expected turnout here in Delco.

171,152 registered Democrats in Delco.

164,779 registered Republicans.

3-1 voter registration edge for the GOP in years past. That has gone by the boards.

152,930 ‘active’ Republicans, as opposed to 152,285 Dems, according to county GOP leader Andy Reilly.

610-891-4673, where to call for any problems at the polls.

2 high-profile candidates for Montco D.A., where former Republican D.A. Bruce Castor and his assistant, Dem Kevin Steele and swapping accusations surrounding the decision not to file charges against Bill Cosby.

Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.

Maybe if officials put whether Sam Bradford should remain the Eagles’ starting QB they could actually draw some people to the polls.

I Don’t Get It: Not voting. I don’t get it.

Today’s Upper
: Kudos to those who exercise their voting rights today. And to those loyal poll workers who will all make like the Maytag Repairman waiting for voters to show up.

Quote Box: “Barack Obama doesn’t fix your potholes, that’s your city government, your borough council and your township commissioners.”

- Letitia Jeavons of Media, on the importance of today’s elections.

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