All the poll results aren't in, but it looks like New York voters have rejected by two-thirds a ballot measure to let Court of Appeals judges and trial-level state Supreme Court justices serve until they are 80. Now, Court of Appeals judges must retire at 70 and Supreme Court justices must retire at age 76. As of 10:28 p.m., 35.5% of the ballots counted so far favored increasing the retirement age and 64.5% disfavored increasing the retirement age.
It also looks like Pennsylvania voters have voted to retain the two justices running for retention on the state Supreme Court. Pennsylvania Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille, a Republican from Philadelphia, can serve one more year until he has to retire, and Justice Max Baer, a Democrat from Pittsburgh, can serve four more years until he has to retire. As of 10:20 p.m., the Pennsylvania Department of State reported that 70.93% of voters cast ballots to retain Baer and 68.91% of voters cast ballots to retain Castille.
UPDATE: Full results show as of 10:25 a.m. Wednesday that the efforts to increase the retirement age failed in New York and that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices were indeed retained.
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