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Vote Fraud In Nursing Homes Is Addressed

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The Associated Press

Published: February 1, 2008

WASHINGTON - Nursing homes, notorious places for voter fraud, need greater guidance on how to help residents vote, senators and voter advocates said Thursday.

Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, said he and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., planned to ask the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to develop nationwide voting guidelines for state election officials and nursing home staffs.

Jason Karlawish, a professor of medicine and medical ethics at the University of Pennsylvania, testified Thursday before Kohl's committee that 29 states have no guidelines for voting accommodations for residents of long-term care facilities.

He said much of the voting at the long-term care facilities studied was done by absentee ballot, which is well-recognized as a mechanism for voter fraud. He said mobile polls could help curtail the problem.

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