Voters head to polls. Dem machine gets a test. And the Inquirer endorses....

Voting Day. The city's Democratic machine gets a test today as it pushes its candidates, trying to unseat freshman Rep. Tony Payton in the 179th state House district and stages a long-shot write-in campaign to keep Rep. Thomas W. Blackwell in office in the 190th, reports Jeff Shields in the Inquirer. In the Daily News, Bob Warner reports that leaflets with incorrect polling-place information were distributed in South Philadelphia.

The Inquirer today endorsed Barack Obama and John Mccain in the presidential primaries, Larry farnese in the Democratic primary for the 1st state Senate district seat, and Rob McCord for Treasurer.

In today's New York Times, Tom Ferrick has an op-ed piece explaining the street-money tradition in the wards of Philadelphia.