State election: Electoral fraud in a nursing home? This is how people vote there
People with disabilities or dementia who are being cared for are also allowed to vote, as the constitutional court has long since decided. How does voting work in nursing homes? What's behind the AfD's suspicion of manipulation?
The AfD party in Saxony-Anhalt has claimed that "criminal political activists" working as caregivers in nursing homes may be manipulating the postal votes of helpless residents. According to a report, a 95-year-old woman with dementia had her voting documents filled out and voted on by an unknown person without power of attorney.
The AfD has pointed out that people with dementia or disabilities are allowed to vote and can receive help with the voting process, but this help must be limited to technical assistance and not influence the voting decision. The BIVA-Pflegeschutzbund, a non-profit organization, has stated that nursing home residents are entitled to vote and can receive assistance, but that there have been cases in the past where residents were unfairly excluded from voting due to their disabilities.
Written by urgent.news from Handelsblatt's report — not a translation of it. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
