Can People with Dementia Exercise their Right to Vote?
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When it comes to the upcoming election, one political statement we can all agree on is that every U.S. citizen should exercise his or her right to vote on November 3. But does that include people living with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia? Legally, the answer is yes. While the pandemic is expected to present unprecedented logistical obstacles, especially for those living in nursing homes, a diagnosis
of dementia alone does not legally preclude someone from voting.
Nearly 6 million people in the US have some form of dementia, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates, and they represent almost 2.5% of the 253.8 million US residents who are of voting age. Voters aged 60 years or older are more likely to vote than younger age groups, according to the United States Elections Project; and the majority of people who suffer from dementia fall into that
demographic.
Voting and Functional Capacity
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