Carter Walker

Carter Walker

Reporter, Votebeat Pennsylvania

Carter was previously a reporter at the LNP in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he covered political extremism, including election misinformation, for the past year. He is originally from Chester County, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Penn State with a journalism degree. After working at the Times West Virginian, he returned to Pennsylvania to cover government and politics with a focus on investigative work.

The judge takes a stern approach to defendants in Millbourne: ‘What you have done is undermine our democratic process.’

Priorities include more time for pre-canvassing, and an earlier deadline for mail-ballot applications. Drop boxes and voter ID are areas of concern.

As part of a civics project, a group of citizens gather to discuss pre-canvassing, early voting, and ID requirements. Their deliberations could shape pending legislation.

The state has held these elections since 1799, but these days, the ballots have a lot of blank spaces on them.

The measure includes in-person early voting and procedural updates for mail ballots that election officials have wanted for years. Its prospects are uncertain.

Warring partisan priorities and disagreements over voter ID specifics continue to make election deals tricky in Pennsylvania.

Provisional ballot usage has ‘ballooned’ over the past few years, and so have the number of voters having their ballots rejected for errors on the outer envelope.

The requirement in state law is a small burden, the judge says, but the state has no compelling reason to enforce it.

The new mandates, including a proof-of-citizenship requirement and revised voting machine standards, would override the powers of Congress, states, and independent agencies. Elon Musk’s team would investigate voter rolls.