Politics · United States · 10 hrs ago
Election Denial Groups Urge Followers to Contact Nursing Homes
As the US midterm elections approach, the Election Integrity Network is urging followers to call and email nursing homes.
The group claims, without evidence, that left-wing organizations are committing voter fraud in care facilities.
It points to allegations about a Wisconsin care home in 2020, but the Wisconsin Election Commission rejected those claims.
Another election denial group, Project Civicia, has also started a campaign focused on care facilities.
In July, the federal agency that oversees nursing homes removed guidance on how staff could help residents vote and warned of prosecution for coercion or other rights violations.
The agency cited allegations, but the examples in its memo did not establish voter fraud.
Senators said the change could discourage staff from helping residents vote, and the campaigns are continuing as the midterms near.
Election Integrity Network is urging followers to call and email nursing homes, saying the facilities may be sites of voter fraud.
The group and other election denial groups have claimed without evidence that left-wing organizations are stealing votes from residents.
The campaign comes less than a month before the midterms, according to WIRED.
A federal memo issued in July removed guidance on helping nursing home residents vote and warned staff against coercion or other rights violations.
Senators Elizabeth Warren and Alex Padilla said the new rules could discourage staff from helping residents vote.
- Who
- The Election Integrity Network and other election denial groups are urging followers to contact care facilities.
- What
- The groups claim without evidence that voter fraud is occurring in nursing homes and encourage followers to contact facilities.
- When
- The effort is underway less than a month before the midterms, according to WIRED’s October 12, 2026, article.
- Where
- Nursing homes, care homes and assisted-living facilities, including facilities in Arizona, California, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
- Why
- The groups say residents’ votes are being stolen or targeted. WIRED says the effort is part of a broader push to undermine trust in the midterms.
Election Integrity Network and other election denial groups
Elizabeth Warren and Alex Padilla
Alleged voter fraud
Election Integrity Network and other election denial groups
The groups claim, without evidence, that left-wing organizations steal votes from nursing home residents.
Elizabeth Warren and Alex Padilla
The senators said the new rules could disenfranchise residents by discouraging staff from helping them vote.
Contacting facilities
Election Integrity Network and other election denial groups
The Election Integrity Network urges followers to call and email nursing homes.
Elizabeth Warren and Alex Padilla
The senators said the CMS memo appeared intended to intimidate staff from assisting residents in the voting process.
A Wisconsin sheriff alleged that eight care-home residents had their votes filled out for them; the Wisconsin Election Commission rejected the claims.
CMS issued a memo replacing earlier guidance on helping nursing home residents vote with a warning about prosecution for coercion or other violations of residents’ rights.
Senators led by Elizabeth Warren and Alex Padilla criticized the CMS changes in a letter to the agency.
The Election Integrity Network urged followers to contact nursing homes, while Project Civicia launched an “Adopt a Care Facility” campaign.
- Election Integrity Network
- Led by founder Cleta Mitchell
- Wisconsin allegation
- A sheriff alleged that eight care-home residents’ votes were filled out for them in 2020
- Trump’s Wisconsin margin
- More than 20,000 votes in 2020
- Nursing home residents
- 2 million, according to the senators’ letter
- Facilities mapped
- Residential care facilities in Arizona, California, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Virginia
What people are saying
These left-wing groups go into the nursing homes, and they go into the group homes, and they basically steal the votes of these most vulnerable
CMS issued a memo that appears to be an attempt to intimidate nursing home staff from assisting residents in the voting process
Sources
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