Scott Presler, the conservative get-out-the-vote organizer who built a national profile accusing Democrats of election fraud, allowed fellow Republican operatives from other states to register and vote using his Pennsylvania home address, according to an investigation by The Bulwark published on Friday, October 23.
Source: The Bulwark investigation (Oct 23, 2026), summarized by Particle News
Presler, 38, bought a home in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and cast his own ballot using that address during the 2024 cycle. A review of voter registration records shows three other people outside the Presler family did the same, The Bulwark's Brendan Hartnett reported. The reporting names consultant Heather Langley, influencer Alfred Ashley and Joseph Albert Petriella, and links their registrations to social-media posts and federal filings showing ties to Louisiana, Oklahoma, Virginia and other states; one consultant had voted in Florida in both 2020 and April 2025, the report said.
Pennsylvania law requires a voter to live in the state and election district for at least 30 days before Election Day, at an address that is the person's fixed habitation — 'the residence of a person in which his habitation is fixed, and to which, whenever he is absent, he has the intention of returning' — and says a person does not gain a residence by coming into a district for temporary purposes only. Election lawyers quoted in the coverage said the documented facts likely fall short of that standard. That is the lawyers' assessment of the reported facts, not a court finding.
What is solid
- The Bulwark's review of voter registration records found that Presler and three other people outside his family used his Beaver County home address in the 2024 cycle, and Presler's PAC, Early Vote Action, confirmed to the outlet that the home was used by other individuals.
- Pennsylvania's residency rule requires at least 30 days in the state and district before Election Day and an address that is the voter's fixed habitation with an intention of returning.
- No formal state enforcement action or criminal charges had been announced in the reporting reviewed.
What is only claimed
- Whether the three operatives actually lived at the address long enough to meet Pennsylvania's residency standard is not established in the reporting; Early Vote Action defended the practice and blamed Pennsylvania's voter-roll maintenance.
- Election lawyers quoted by The Bulwark said the documented facts likely fall short of the legal standard — an expert assessment, not a ruling, and no authority has announced an investigation or charges.
The scrutiny lands differently because of who Presler is: in July, he accused a Pennsylvania homeless shelter of allowing more than 500 people to register to vote at its address even though it holds only 100 beds, writing that the state Department of State had 'a lot of explaining to do.' Registration at a shelter address is permitted for people without a fixed home under federal guidance — a contrast The Bulwark's report highlighted. Whether Pennsylvania officials audit the Beaver County registrations or open an inquiry is now the open question.