Barbara Thomas Smith

🚨 WARNING: If you have a parent or grandparent in a nursing home or memory-care facility, you need to pay attention to this. An investigation in Wisconsin raised serious concerns about ballots cast by nursing home residents whose mental capacity had declined. Now, the federal government has issued guidance reinforcing protections for vulnerable voters after allegations of unlawful voter registrations in Texas and the Wisconsin investigation. Nursing homes cannot register residents to vote or complete mail-in ballots on their behalf without proper knowledge, consent, or authorization. The Election Integrity Network is warning families to pay attention to who is entering these facilities and assisting residents with their ballots. Who is helping your loved ones vote? Are outside political groups being allowed in? Are residents actually making their own decisions? Every resident has the right to vote, decline to vote, and choose who assists them. Nobody should be making that decision for them. Protect their rights. Protect their vote.