Senior Citizen Voter Bill of Rights

Senior Citizen Voter Bill of Rights

Senior citizens can face unique challenges with the electoral process as they deal with issues of aging. These can include sensory and mobility changes, access to transportation, or even a residence change to a new voting jurisdiction. At the American Constitutional Rights Union, we believe voting jurisdictions and senior residence communities must take all steps necessary to provide easy voting access for our seniors while also protecting their ballots from every form of vote fraud.
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE

The federal Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act of 1984 (VAEHA) is designed to assure the fundamental right to vote by directing polling locations to provide access for elderly and handicapped voters.
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REGISTER TO VOTE

You also have the right to register to vote if you have changed your place of residence. Registration requirements vary by state and are found by calling your state, county or city election office. You may find your state’s requirements or directly register to vote at https://www.eac.gov/voters/register-and-vote-in-your-state. To avoid fraud, we recommend you contact your previous voting jurisdiction to ensure you are removed from their voter rolls.
YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO BE AWARE OF VOTE FRAUD

After every recent election, there have been reports and prosecutions of people taking advantage of seniors to commit vote fraud by changing votes, inputting false choices and other crimes. Vote fraud is often committed face-to-face by people who will approach you to “assist” with filling out your ballot, or “delivering” your ballot to a polling location. You should only rely on trusted and known individuals to assist you with voting, and you have the right to refuse assistance from anyone you do not know or trust.
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY

If any person is assisting you at your private home or residential facility with filling in your mail-in, absentee or in-person ballot, your choice is yours alone and should not reflect the political choices of the person providing assistance. You have the right to confirm your vote or to ask assistance from another trusted friend or relative to make sure your choice is clearly marked. Any person assisting you with transportation or accommodation at your home, residential facility or polling station has no right to ask you about your personal and private voting preferences or make a voting suggestion. Voting is confidential!
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE ASSISTANCE FROM UNKNOWN PERSONS

Many political operatives are active in neighborhoods or facilities with a large senior population and have been known to manipulate or change votes. If you are approached by a stranger with offers of voting assistance, you have a right to refuse such help and request that the operative or unknown person leave your property or residential unit.
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE ASSISTANCE FROM UNKNOWN PERSONS

Many political operatives are active in neighborhoods or facilities with a large senior population and have been known to manipulate or change votes. If you are approached by a stranger with offers of voting assistance, you have a right to refuse such help and request that the operative or unknown person leave your property or residential unit.
YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO AN ABSENTEE OR VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT

Although procedures for voting by mail or absentee ballots vary by state, every state must provide senior citizens with an absentee or mail in ballot when requested. You can find this information by calling your state or local election office or online at https://www.usa.gov/election-office.

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We Must Protect the Voting Rights of Our Elderly

It is most often the poor and the elderly who lose their votes to the ballot harvesters.

Washington Times, March 31, 2020

“There wasn’t a signature. There was just an ‘X’. She was either coerced or someone else put an x for her name.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 3, 2017

Florida law has failed to keep up with the growing popularity of mail-in voting, leaving candidates and campaigns free to manipulate voters — even to the point of helping them fill out their ballots, a Palm Beach Post investigation found.

Palm Beach Post, March 11, 2017

VOTING RIGHTS ISSUES IN THE NEWS

Disability Service Coordinator Blows Whistle on Vote Fraud in Group Homes

Susan couldn't believe what she was hearing. Client after client, developmentally disabled person after developmentally disabled person all told the same story: Their vote was stolen from them.

Eight cases of election fraud at Racine County nursing home, Sheriff Schmaling says

The Racine County Sheriff’s Office announced in a Thursday morning news conference that it has identified eight cases of what it believes to be election fraud at a Mount Pleasant nursing home.

Racine County sheriff speaks about possible election law violations

WATCH: Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling will unveil on Thursday, Oct. 28 the results of an extensive investigation regarding possible election law violations throughout Racine County and Wisconsin.

Many states and senior facilities fail to protect elderly voters

Because we treasure our seniors' votes, ACRU created its Protect Elderly Votes project and created a nationwide multi-tiered outreach to warn of potential vote fraud against seniors. It appears many residence directors and boards of election chose to ignore the warning, and as this article points out, many seniors were used by vote fraudsters to collect votes illegally.

ACRU: Vote Fraud in Nursing Homes is Real and Verifiable

American Constitutional Rights Union (ACRU) has provided affidavits to the Texas Attorney General as part of a request for a criminal investigation into alleged vote fraud committed against a resident with dementia in a Texas nursing home.

Social Worker Charged with 134 Felony Counts of Election Fraud

A Texas woman has been charged with 134 counts of election fraud after she allegedly acted to register nursing home residents, many of whom were mentally incapacitated, to vote in the 2020 election.

ACRU’s Protect Elderly Votes’ concerns about nursing home fraud confirmed

In a state where ballot harvesting is illegal, a remarkable coincidence occurred right before election day. According to reports from the Senate Judiciary Committee, 25,000 nursing home residents in different facilities across the state all requested ballots at the same time. Who ordered them? And more importantly, who filled them out? An investigation is currently ongoing.

Official who sent ballots to dead people claims it’s their family’s fault

Government has software that can track down you down in an instant if you owe the IRS or didn’t pay a speeding ticket. When a person dies, the funeral home automatically notifies Social Security. But in response to a complaint from Ms. Carolyn Quinn, who received ballots for her two deceased parents, an election clerk in Union County, NY claims the family should have notified her office directly. Arrogance and avoiding responsibility is no friend to vote integrity.

Protect Elderly Votes Project Aims to Thwart ‘Vote Harvesting’ Fraud

The Daily Signal reports on ACRU's Protect Elderly Votes and Stranger Danger campaigns, created to protect seniors' votes from theft, manipulation and outright ballot fraud.

Mail-in ballot chaos in Brooklyn as nearly 100,000 voters get mislabeled return envelopes

In addition to fraud and vote manipulation, mailed votes—and your voice—can also be lost to gross incompetence. Vote In Person!

WHY WE CARE

American Constitutional Rights Union deeply honors and appreciates America’s seniors for the positive influence and tremendous sacrifices they have made to ensure the safety and security of our nation at home and abroad. With our Protect Elderly Votes project, we hope to repay that debt, at least in part, by enhancing the security of senior votes.

We celebrate our patriotic seniors and the invaluable contributions they have made to the financial strength and fundamental freedoms we enjoy as Americans. In turn, we must take every action to ensure the integrity and intent of our seniors’ political choices at a time when they are at risk to be targets of vote fraud. Americans under 65 must demonstrate their gratitude for the continued guidance of our treasured seniors by protecting their votes.

The Hon. J. Kenneth Blackwell, Former Secretary of State for Ohio, ACRU Action Board of Directors

ACRU is dedicated to protecting seniors from vote fraud. Through our Protect Elderly Votes project, we created “Stranger Danger” to warn seniors and those caring for them to take steps to protect their ballots. If you suspect vote fraud, call ACRU’s Vote Fraud Hotline at 877-730-ACRU (2278). NEVER LET A STRANGER TOUCH YOUR BALLOT!

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SIGN THE ELDERLY VOTING RIGHTS PETITION

The American Constitutional Rights Union and the American people deeply honor and appreciate our nation’s seniors for the positive influence and tremendous sacrifices they have made to ensure the safety and security of our nation at home and abroad.

By signing the Protect Elderly Votes Petition, I join with ACRU to repay that debt, at least in part, by enhancing the security of senior votes.

I pledge to use the resources of the Protect Elderly Votes project and the Senior Citizens Voter Bill of Rights to assist and educate our elderly relatives, neighbors and friends about registering to vote if they are in a new area of residence, and protecting them from any individual or institutional vote fraud or ballot manipulation.

I pledge to protect their intent when they are registering to vote as well as defending the integrity of their private ballot.

Thank you for your support!

ELDERLY VOTING HOTLINE

Have you had trouble voting or making sure your vote is counted? Do you know anyone who has? Let us know your experiences so we can take action.

Call us at 877 730 ACRU or contact us using the form below.

PROTECT ELDERLY VOTES

Protect Elderly Votes is a project of the

American Constitutional Rights Union.

Senior Citizen Voter Bill of Rights