But not all nursing home residents get to exercise that right. Survey reports from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in ProPublica’s Nursing Home Inspect [1] database show that over the past few years, dozens of nursing homes have been cited for violating residents’ voting rights.
At a nursing home in Anchorage, state inspectors reported [2] that the facility failed to ensure residents the opportunity to vote in a municipal election. One resident was “visibly tearful” and said she had voted in every election, according to an inspection report.
via propublica.org