WITF News Stories

What if there’s a problem at my precinct? How Pa. elections officials prepare for the unexpected.

Every election day, with millions of votes cast and thousands of volunteers running polling places across Pennsylvania, some mistakes — usually small — are bound to happen.  WITF’s Jordan Wilkie talks with Carter Walker, Votebeat’s Pennsylvania elections reporter, about what happens when problems do occur.

Candidate forum lays bare political, policy divides between PA-10 Democrats Stelson and Douglas

Democrats are trying to find a candidate who can beat incumbent Republican Scott Perry in Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional race.  WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports on the race between centrist Janelle Stelson and progressive Justin Douglas.

Federal judge sides with Pa. over “election integrity” group on use of public voter registration data

A federal judge is siding with Pennsylvania over an out-of-state advocacy group in a lawsuit about voter data.  WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports the judge upheld Pennsylvania’s ban on publishing voter rolls online.

Two more Bhutanese refugees detained in Pa. by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, community leaders say

Leaders in the Bhutanese refugee community in Pennsylvania say two fellow refugees are detained and facing deportation. It’s the latest in a series of cases where President Donald Trump’s administration is deporting the refugees back to a country that simply kicks them out again.

Trump’s immigration policies keep Pa. asylum seeker in detention, facing deportation

The continued detention of an asylum-seeker arrested in Central Pennsylvania highlights many of the Trump administration’s changes to immigration policy.  WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports.