Carter Walker
Reporter with experience covering elections and politics through compelling narrative, investigative, and data-driven journalism
Complex Subjects,
Distilled.
Carter’s storytelling takes complicated topics and breaks them down for all types of readers. His explanatory reporting helps general audiences understand the news of the day, and his in-depth, analytical reporting provides experts with the higher-level information they need.
Breaking Down and Contextualizing the News
Casting a provisional ballot in Chester County, Pennsylvania? Here’s what you need to know.
How the recount in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race will work
No, early voting does not start in Pennsylvania on Sept. 16.
What to know about the poll worker positions on Pennsylvania’s 2025 election ballot
Social media posts falsely claim judge changed Pennsylvania ballot deadline
How Pennsylvania judges facing retention votes ruled on key election cases
What to know about the push for open primaries in Pennsylvania
How would ordinary voters resolve Pennsylvania’s big election policy debates?
Fact check: It’s not illegal – and not uncommon – for voters to be registered in two states
Pennsylvania Elections 101: Voting is over. Audits, certification, and possible recounts are next.
Where things stand in Pennsylvania, land of election uncertainty
First to Report
Philadelphia aims to speed up mail ballot processing with new equipment
Pennsylvania calls off recount in Senate race after Casey concedes to McCormick
Pennsylvania disputes claim that it’s in talks to share voter rolls with Ohio
Pennsylvania plans to test out internet-connected pollbooks in 2026 primary
Five of Pennsylvania’s ‘fake electors’ from 2020 are back on Trump’s 2024 slate
Pennsylvania’s redesigned mail ballot envelopes trip up many voters who left date incomplete
Accused double voter in 2020 isn’t covered by broad Trump pardon, judge rules
Duplicate mail ballots are issued to dozens of Pennsylvania voters
Another change to Pennsylvania mail ballot envelopes: Full year will be preprinted
Carlisle Proud Boy member targeted in search warrant tied to Jan. 6 plot
Third Proud Boy in Jan. 6 indictment reveals identity; newly released chats show link to Pa. members
Federal cuts to CISA programs make elections less secure, Pennsylvania’s Al Schmidt warns
U.S. Justice Department presses Pennsylvania for answers on how it manages voter rolls
ERIC data-sharing alliance helps uncover alleged double voting case in Pennsylvania
In-Depth & Investigative Reporting
A brazen case of election fraud unfolds in Millbourne, Pennsylvania. What are the lessons?
How Philadelphia’s history of election fraud fuels Trump’s false claims about the city
'Flow from the pulpit:' The LifeGate church members providing security to Doug Mastriano [Video]
Audit the Vote gave us its canvassing data to check the results. It was riddled with errors
Missing voting machine documents raise concern about Pa. county’s testing processes
These Pennsylvania counties give voters a chance to fix errors on their mail ballots
DA spent $21,000, intended for drug enforcement, to lease SUV, records show
Century-old law let voters file baseless recount petitions and delay Pa.’s election certification
Five years after trying to aid Trump, Pennsylvania’s Fulton County faces steep penalty
Why election policy is still one of Harrisburg’s thorniest issues
These three court cases could determine how Pennsylvania handles mail ballots this fall
Data-Driven Reporting
Could Lancaster County one day vote Democrat? Here is what recent election data show
Automatic voter registration is getting more Pennsylvanians on the rolls, but they don’t always vote
Loss of dozens of experienced election officials could mean trouble for Pennsylvania’s 2024 election
Increase in ballot errors coincides with turnover among county election officials in Pennsylvania
Republican voters drive increase in mail ballot requests in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania voter ID proposal may not move the needle much on election security
Machine malfunctions rarely get in the way of voting, Pennsylvania reports show
Last-resort ballots are increasingly being rejected for technical errors in Pennsylvania. Why?
Pennsylvania’s varied ‘curing’ policies affect voters’ chances of getting their ballot counted
Pennsylvania’s polling place lookup tool has errors that could stymie voters
Pennsylvania Democrats approach 2024 election with slimmest voter registration advantage in decades
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