Senators sound alarm on voter intimidation in nursing homes

Dems Warn New Federal Guidance May Harm Nursing Home Residents’ Voting Rights

The memo removes recommendations on how nursing home staff can assist residents with exercising their right to vote.

Trump takes aim at nursing home residents in latest voting crackdown

The Trump administration’s far-reaching assault on voting rights has extended to nursing homes, a group of Democratic senators warned on Thursday, pointing to federal guidance recently issued by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.The guidance, released in July, removes previous recommendations on how nursing home staff can assist residents in exercising their constitutional rights and warns facility employees against violating “federa…

New Trump Guidance Could 'Result in the Disenfranchisement of Nursing Home Residents'

"Another day, another Trump policy to make voting harder. His new target? Nursing homes."

Democrats sound alarm on Trump plot to sabotage seniors trying to vote

Senators say changes made to federal guidance for nursing homes could lead to intimidation of senior voters.

Senators sound alarm on voter intimidation in nursing homes

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, under Trump appointee Mehmet Oz, changed their guidance on voting in nursing homes last month. Now, a group of senators is saying that these changes are designed to disenfranchise America’s two million nursing home residents. “On July 20, 2026, CMS issued a memo that appears to be an […]