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EPISODE · Oct 24, 2020 · 28 MIN

Senior and disability advocates mobilize to ensure care home residents vote

from Civic · host Mel Baker, Laura Wenus

More information about ensuring voters in care facilities are able to participate in the election are available from Senior and Disability Action. 

The coronavirus pandemic has transformed the election, and for people who live in residential care facilities like nursing homes, that may be creating barriers to participation. Organizers with Senior and Disability Action called together advocates and experts to lay out what rights these residents have and how to ensure they are able to exercise them.

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