WITF News Stories

Winter energy bills in Pennsylvania will likely be the same or less than last year. WITF’s Rachel McDevitt has more. 

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Lancaster, PA band Stillflow played a couple songs for us and talked about their music.

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WITF’s Tim Lambert talks with Jerry Feaser, former Dauphin County Elections Director, setting the scene and sharing initial impressions on how everything went at polling places.

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Lancaster County elections officials said they are seeing an unprecedented number of voters during Tuesday’s presidential election. 

WITF’s Jeremy Long has why some of those voters headed to the polls.

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On Election Day, poll workers sometimes have to quickly problem-solve to make sure all eligible voters are able to cast a ballot.

WITF’s Katie Knol reports counties have backup plans for when issues arise.

This story is part of an explanatory series focused on Pennsylvania elections produced collaboratively by WITF's democracy reporter Jordan Wilkie and The Associated Press.

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Tamper-evident seals, law enforcement, lots of forms and signatures — all tools used in the secure transport of ballots from precincts to elections offices.

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports how votes make it safely from the polling place to the big screen.

This story is part of an explanatory series focused on Pennsylvania elections produced collaboratively by WITF's democracy reporter Jordan Wilkie and The Associated Press..

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Two state senators have challenged the right of U.S. citizens living abroad to cast votes in federal races.

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports Senators Cris Dush and Jarrett Coleman are among those trying to prevent over 4,000 voters from casting ballots.

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Pennsylvania’s 10th District Congressional race is one of a handful that will decide control of the U.S. House of Representatives.

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports on the closing arguments of Democratic challenger Janelle Stelson and Republican incumbent Scott Perry.

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The state Attorney General's office is now working with Berks, Lancaster, Monroe, and York to investigate allegedly fraudulent voter registration forms submitted at the deadline late last month.

To recap, leaders in Lancaster County raised concerns over two sets of applications, while York County is reviewing suspect forms.  

The case has garnered national attention.

Carter Walker from Votebeat has been following developments over the last few days and joins me now to provide some context to what’s happening.

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Elections officials in Lancaster and York counties identified a large number of improperly filled-out voter registration forms.

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports legitimate registrations have been accepted and hundreds of others have been referred to law enforcement. 

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