It is now too late for Pennsylvania HB 38 to pass, in time to appear on the May 2021 primary ballot. See this story. HB 38 would alter Pennsylvania’s elections for appellate judges. Those elections are partisan now, and all three types of judges are elected statewide. The bill would have changed that, so that the state would be divided into judicial districts, which each district electing its own judge. It changes the state constitution so even if it passes the legislature, the voters must vote on it. The bill’s backers had hoped to pass it in time for the idea to be on the May 2021 primary ballot, but now the best they may do is to get it on the November 2021 ballot.