SENIOR CITIZEN VOTING ISSUE

(Editors Note – This message is brought to you by Kathy Burkett, Candidate for MN House District 42A)

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URGENT VOTING ISSUE

Avoiding voter fraud through manipulating senior citizen votes is a serious issue. This group of voters is particularly vulnerable to ballot manipulation. We have a responsibility to protect them and their vote. Nursing home facilities have become a direct and easy source for fraud, affecting election outcomes.

The role of everyone who has a loved one in a nursing home or senior living facility is to be present when their seniors are voting. To do this it is imperative to find out the date and time when early/absentee voting takes place at the nursing home and be there.

Some seniors prefer voting early and others would choose to vote on election day. Unfortunately, the push by political operatives to capture every nursing home vote leads to residents being asked to vote by election judges who show up at their room, ballot in hand.
People need to be present with their senior, whether in the designated voting area, or in their apartment because when a person shows up at their door, the elderly person may not feel empowered to say no. Be there to protect their ballot.

Additionally, once a person has cast their ballot with the help of a stranger, there may be no time to correct the ballot. An elderly person may be brought to the polling place on election day, only to learn an absentee ballot was already cast. This ballot may have been cast with or without the resident’s full understanding of the process. Once the senior ballot is captured, and with ballot counting beginning in mid-October, it is too late to change their vote on election day.

Be with your senior when they cast their vote.

Best Regards,
Kathy