Hello, Philly. Tomorrow is the big day.

With approximately 24 hours to go until polling stations open, our headline article explains what Pennsylvania’s expected high in-person turnout on Election Day could mean for lines and results reporting. We also have a distribution of what past election trends could mean for Tuesdaya tool to check your absentee ballotand resources to obtain a free or discounted ride to the polls.

And when New Jersey relaxed the law in 2019 allowing survivors of child sexual abuse to file civil lawsuits against their predators, it opened the door to a flood of lawsuits. A Philadelphia-area company filed more than 600.

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Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are at an impasse in Pennsylvania, according to the latest poll of likely voters.

Amid this neck-and-neck race — and even as more than 1.6 million voters in the state have already returned their absentee ballots — election officials expect the highest in-person turnout. highest on Election Day since 2016.

This means that the way Americans receive the results will be different than in years past. More in-person voters will likely mean officials will be able to count ballots more quickly: Officials anticipate being able to finish counting mail-in ballots in a day or two, instead of five that it took in 2020.

Political reporter Katie Bernard explains what else voters should expect Tuesday and beyond.

Prepare for Election Day:

Five years ago, an update to New Jersey law meant survivors of child sexual abuse could now file civil lawsuits against their predators until age 55, an exception to the deadline of prescription. This change prompted hundreds of people to come forward.

In perhaps the most high-profile case, a woman accused the current president of the Camden School District Advisory Board of sexual assault 30 years ago. They reached a $2 million settlement in June.

“We are on the front lines of all of this,” said an attorney at a local law firm that has filed nearly 600 cases since the law changed. “The wait for these survivors was painful. »

Reporter Melanie Burney spoke with survivors and legal experts about the impact of finally being able to seek justice.

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Jersey’s AJ Befumo, who was once a wrestler with Bruce Springsteen’s character, is set to return to the ring. Why has he become famous in the meantime?

A) He hosts a controversial political podcast

B) He appeared on Gordon Ramsay’s show Hell’s Kitchen

C) He ran in local elections under his stage name

D) He is one of the viral “Costco Guys” on TikTok

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The 30,000-person event returns to the city on November 23-24

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Your “only in Philadelphia” story

Think about the night that changed your life that could only happen in Philadelphia, a true example of the spirit of Philadelphia, the moment you finally felt like you belonged in Philadelphia if you weren’t doomed in perpetuity, something that made you fall in love. with Philly again – or proud to be from here if you are. So email it to us for a chance to be featured in the Monday edition of this newsletter.

This “only in Philadelphia” story comes from the reader Dan Fishmanwhich describes the neighborhood characters that appeared during Halloweens in the 1950s:

For most kids, Halloween was the holiday that ranked right up there with your birthday and Christmas. In addition to collecting a huge stash of candy, there was the fun of going from house to house. Like most of Philadelphia, Northeast was populated by row houses, numbering 30 per block. Crossing your block and then down the next street, which shared a common alley, was enough to guarantee a gigantic candy harvest.

I was the youngest of six brothers and we went out in groups. The older brothers also helped design the disguise – no matter how creative, because the owner could look at all six of us at different heights and identify us immediately upon opening the door.

Billy McCann’s mother would ask him to start at the end of the street, then throw his bag of candy on the kitchen table before heading down the side street to find more candy. Her mother separated the pile into the desirables and the undesirables, which was then distributed to the late-arriving trick-or-treaters who knocked on her door.

There were a few houses that put coins in your bag, which was always appreciated because it allowed you to buy a soft pretzel at school. However, Mrs. Bullsvicky, who lived halfway down our block, went to great lengths to show a silver coin and drop it in your bag and say, “You look great, here’s a little something for you.” YOU. After going through your errand, you’ll discover that she had only wrapped a penny in foil, but a penny was still good at the corner store.

The most memorable night was when, halfway through our trip, we all needed a bathroom break. A few brothers demanded that we waste no time returning home and try to continue our business until we completed the last part of our designated route. I really needed to go, so in the next house, as soon as the door opened, I announced, “We boys need to use your bathroom.” Surprisingly, the owners allowed us to go upstairs. The older brothers all started pooping in the toilet and I was left out. Needing to go bad, I dumped my urine in the bathtub – the ultimate trick-or-treating trick. Today, more than 60 years later, I still remember this incident.

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