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.

The charges come as the Trump administration attempts to crack down on voter fraud.

Pennsylvania isn’t the first place where Walter Mebane Jr.’s work has been used by those questioning elections.

The two candidates have very different views on what the state needs — and whether to cooperate with Trump.

A campaign finance complaint asks the state to investigate Presler’s Early Vote Action.

The Department of Homeland Security has said there may be more than 14,000 noncitizens registered to vote in the state but hasn’t said how it identified them.

FEMA says states that receive one of its largest grants must switch to paper ballots and run their voter rolls through a controversial federal data tool.

Only 22% of 18-year-old Pennsylvanians are registered to vote, but preregistration, student voter drives, and more funding could all boost that number.

The state and the federal government have been at odds over election issues since the beginning of the Trump administration.

Democrats have a chance to win full control of Pennsylvania state government this year.