PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Voters in Philadelphia have once again rejected allowing politicians to keep their current post while campaigning for another one.
Primary voters on Tuesday rejected by a 54 percent to 49 percent margin another attempt to repeal the longstanding resign-to-run rule. A similar attempt was defeated in 2007.
The voters overwhelmingly approved requiring city subcontractors to pay their workers 150 percent of the federal minimum wage or $10.88 per hour.
They also by a two-to-one margin decided to give City Council members authority to approve contracts for legal representation of indigent defendants.
The resign-to-run rule has been in effect since the Home Rule Charter was created in 1951.
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