Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer
April 22, 2026
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, under emergency order, nursing home voters were legally able to cast ballots through vote-by-mail procedures. Now, state Rep. Maurice West wants to codify the temporary procedures in statute with House Bill 4488.
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Depending on the county clerk (or local election administrator) nursing homes are a great place to harvest votes. The “voting” is done before election day when selected election judges are sent in and residents “vote”. This is done without family even knowing that their relative has been registered. Most cannot even hold a pen, let alone mark a ballot, so the judges “assist” them. If I was a candidate in a recount, I would go the precincts with a nursing home and match signatures from the registration form and the ballot application, and then see how many “affidavits of assisted… Read more »