Only 17.7% of registered voters in Philly cast a ballot in Tuesday’s primary election. That’s just 183,538 of the city’s more than one million eligible voters. That low turnout was also evident across Pennsylvania. 

Could the low turnout be an omen for November’s presidential election, where Biden and Trump face a range of challenges to getting out the vote? BP’s Meir Rinde and WHYY’s Carmen Russell-Sluchansky explore the issues at play. [Billy Penn/WHYY] 

It’s out with the Ancient and in with the ‘divine’ at 1726 Chestnut St., with last week’s opening of Sura Indian Bistro from the team behind Ancient Spirits & Grille, which had occupied the three-story space in Rittenhouse since 2021.

The name Sura comes from Sanskrit for “of the gods.” The overhauled menu, co-owner Syam Namballa told Billy Penn’s Ali Mohsen, explores centuries of Indian culinary arts. “We’ve revived the old, forgotten cuisines from different parts of the subcontinent and tried to make them as authentic as possible.” Continue reading…

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• A design change Pa. officials made to prevent voters from making a disqualifying error on their mail ballots appears to have backfired. [Votebeat/WHYY]