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Elections 101: How Recounts Work in Pennsylvania
State law requires recounts in tight races. Will that happen this year?
Carter Walker, Votebeat Pennsylvania
June 13, 2024
Carter Walker, Votebeat Pennsylvania
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ACLU Signals Effort to Target Pennsylvania Counties’ Disparate ‘Notice and Cure’ Policies for Flawed Mail Ballots
Since Pennsylvania introduced no-excuse mail voting in 2020, thousands of ballots have been rejected over missing dates, signatures, or other mistakes. A successful legal challenge could have a profound effect.
Carter Walker, Votebeat Pennsylvania
May 22, 2024
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Elections 101: How Pennsylvania Secures Mail Ballots, Prevents Fraud, and More
Mail voting had been the source of near constant attack and litigation since 2020.
Carter Walker, Votebeat Pennsylvania
April 15, 2024
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New Federal Deadline for Certifying Election Results Adds to Pressure on Pennsylvania Officials
Another flurry of recount petitions could complicate efforts to deliver results by Dec. 11.
Carter Walker, Votebeat Pennsylvania
March 28, 2024
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Everything You Need to Know About Pennsylvania’s Voting Machines
Political candidates have spread false claims about Pennsylvania’s voting machines to undermine trust. In reality, these machines undergo several layers of testing to ensure they produce accurate results.
Carter Walker, Votebeat Pennsylvania
February 27, 2024
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Loss of Dozens of Experienced Election Officials Could Mean Trouble for Pennsylvania’s 2024 Election
Turnover has cost the state nearly 300 years of combined experience since 2019, in what the state’s top election official calls “one of the biggest dangers” to our elections.
Carter Walker, Votebeat Pennsylvania
February 21, 2024
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This Pennsylvania Activist Is the Source of False and Flawed Election Claims Gaining Traction Across the Country
Heather Honey’s work has been cited by former president Donald Trump and conservative lawyer Cleta Mitchell. A Votebeat and Spotlight PA investigation shows her most influential report is based on distortions and incomplete data.
Carter Walker, Votebeat Pennsylvania
February 13, 2024
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Increase in Ballot Errors Coincides with Turnover Among County Election Officials in Pennsylvania
The 2023 general election saw more ballot errors than any election in the state’s recent history. And the most errors are often happening where experienced election directors have left.
Carter Walker, Votebeat Pennsylvania
December 26, 2023
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‘Hectic from the Get-Go’: How a New Polling Place Chief in Pennsylvania Navigated His First Election
Jay Schneider knew Election Day would be a hard job. Despite the stress and a few setbacks, he pulled off a smooth experience for voters in Chester County.
Carter Walker, Votebeat Pennsylvania
November 10, 2023
PSEA Urges Lawmakers to Pass a Budget to Fund Pennsylvania’s Public Schools, Not Use Students as ‘Bargaining Chips’ to Divert Money to Cyber and Religious Schools
August 27, 2025
“Our kids are not bargaining chips,” PSEA President Aaron Chapin said. “Our kids are not pawns in some grand strategy to enact a tuition voucher scheme that will shift taxpayer dollars away from our public schools and send them to private and religious schools.”
OPINION: Trump’s Troop Deployments in Cities Across the US Are Dress Rehearsals for Nullifying Your Vote
August 27, 2025
“This is about the president of the United States and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections,” said Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker.
‘Victory for Pennsylvania Voters and Our Democracy’: Court Rules State Must Stop Throwing out Mail Ballots Over Date Errors
August 26, 2025
“Discarding thousands of ballots every election is not a reasonable trade-off in view of the date requirement’s extremely limited and unlikely capacity to detect and deter fraud,” the appeals court panel wrote.
5 Takeaways From DC’s Organized Resistance to Trump’s Military Occupation
August 26, 2025
The city is resisting an occupied force in creative, raucous, and even joyful ways. The rest of the nation should take note.
Pennsylvania Needs an Independent Redistricting Commission to Ensure Fair Representation
August 25, 2025
Partisan gerrymandering is an anathema to our democracy.
