Taylor Coester Pro-Palestine sentiment is seen at a March 26 rally at Powder House Square in Somerville. A ballot question concerning Middle East conflict faces a challenge in Middlesex District Court.

In a second attempt to remove Question 3 from the Somerville ballot, Somerville United Against Discrimination filed an Oct. 14 lawsuit against the City of Somerville. With early voting for the Nov. 4 election starting Tuesday and mail-in voting in progress, the case has not been ruled on in Middlesex District Court in Woburn.

The question is a nonbinding call to end business with companies that “engage in business that sustains Israel’s apartheid genocide and illegal occupation of Palestine.” The group alleged that the question was unconstitutional and that the signatures collected to p

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