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.

Lancaster officials are investigating a batch of forms, submitted by paid canvassers, that contained false voter information or signatures.

Our map shows how ‘notice and cure’ policies vary across the state, and whether you’ll get a second chance.

The court ruled that counties must count provisional ballots from voters whose mail ballots are rejected

An analysis shows that Allegheny County, home to Pittsburgh, can process a similar number of ballots in much less time.

Policies on date requirement and ‘notice and cure’ stay unchanged after voting rights groups and Republicans lose their bid for emergency intervention.

But there’s a deep partisan divide, with Republicans showing far less faith in state and national results.

The federal case is separate from litigation pending in the state Supreme Court, and is unlikely to be resolved before November.

A ruling before November could affect thousands of mail ballots at risk of rejection.

The ruling sets the stage for another state Supreme Court decision before the November election

Party's advantage over Republicans is slimmer than at any point since 1998