Carter Walker

Carter Walker

Senior 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.

Democratic mail ballot requests are down from both 2022 and 2024, but there could be several reasons for that.

The Trump administration has been cracking down on noncitizen voting ahead of the midterms.

Federal law already prohibits armed agents at polling places, but Malcolm Kenyatta’s bill would go further.

The bill is unlikely to become law this legislative session, but its passage represents a key milestone for advocates.

The charges come amid a nationwide crackdown by the Trump administration.

The ruling is a victory for Trump’s efforts to give the federal government a larger role in election administration.

The first ballots are hitting mailboxes across the Keystone State, meaning the 2026 election is officially underway.

President Donald Trump’s rhetoric has stoked fear that the federal government could try to seize election materials or send ICE agents to the polls.

In July, the Department of Homeland Security said it had identified 250,000 potential noncitizens registered to vote, including nearly 15,000 in Pennsylvania.