nursing home. Later, Special Counsel Michael Gableman, a former Wiscon- sin Supreme Court justice, released a report indicating “rampant fraud and abuse occurred statewide” through- out Wisconsin’s nursing homes and residential care facilities. In 2020, a Texas social worker was indicted on 134 felony counts of voter fraud for registering mentally incapacitated citizens to vote with- out their consent. Then in 2022, an employee at the Father Murray Nursing Center in Macomb County, Michigan, was sentenced to jail for forging signatures on absentee ballot applications. This mounting evidence led AMAC to join forces with ACRU. Rebecca Weber, CEO of AMAC, declared, “It’s time to take measures to ensure not only the safety of seniors who reside in these facilities but to demand that their rights — including voting rights — are protected.” She continued by reminding us that America’s electoral process is still “under siege” as we
look ahead to the 2024 general elec- tion and that AMAC’s joint venture with ACRU comes at a time when the fate of our nation “remains in the balance of fair and honest elections in which votes of all eligible Americans are properly cast and counted.” Dr. Alveda King, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., participated in ACRU and AMAC’s media campaign to warn seniors about voter fraud, particularly in nursing homes and other senior citizen facilities. According to Dr. King, “[My uncle] fought to ensure that every single American had the right to vote freely [but] many of those voters are nursing home residents who are often targeted by those who would steal or suppress their votes.” AMAC and its affiliates AMAC Action and the AMAC Foundation remain committed to their work toward achieving strong election integrity legislation in all states. The ACRU’s Center for Vulnerable Voters provides a Senior Citizen Voter Bill of Rights that has been used by many facil-
ities across the country, and they provide a guide for all citizens who wish to protect the rights of vulnera- ble voters — a great resource you can view by scanning the QR code below! ACRU and AMAC encourage family members to take initiative like Rhonda and Mary. Guardians and seniors can utilize state websites (in some states) and the website of the Voter Reference Foundation to check voting records to detect fraud. If there is evidence of potential fraud, it can be reported via the Center for Vulnerable Voters website or by call- ing 888-820-VOTE.
Lori Roman President, American Constitutional Rights Union
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