Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2021 Dec;69(12):3401-3404.
doi: 10.1111/jgs.17514. Epub 2021 Oct 26.

Helping older adults vote safely during the COVID-19 pandemic

Yoonhee P Ha  1   2   3 , Sonia Gupta Pandit  4 , Lesley S Carson  1   5 , Zonía R Moore  1 , Lisa M Walke  1   5
Affiliations

Helping older adults vote safely during the COVID-19 pandemic

Yoonhee P Ha et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 Dec.
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
(A) Institution‐specific Vot‐ER badge backer with a QR code that linked to an online voter registration platform. Clinicians could use these badge backers to prompt nonpartisan discussions with patients about registering to vote and voting safely. Interested patients could scan the QR code with their smartphones to access the platform and register to vote and/or request a mail‐in ballot. (B) Flyer mailed to all Penn Medicine Division of Geriatrics patients residing in Pennsylvania in September 2021. Prior to printing the flyer, we inadvertently omitted “application” after “If you would like Penn Geriatrics to send you a mail‐in ballot.” Although a small number of patients called and requested a mail‐in ballot, we provided clarifications over the phone and sent them a mail‐in ballot request application instead
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Fabina J. Record High Turnout in 2020 General Election. United Census Bureau (online). Accessed September 17, 2021. https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/04/record‐high‐turnout‐in‐20...
    1. Misra J. Behind the 2018 U.S. Midterm Election Turnout. United States Census Bureau (online). Accessed September 17, 2021. https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/04/behind‐2018‐united‐states...
    1. Ehlinger EP, Rita Nevarez C. Safe and accessible voting: the role of public health. Am J Public Health. 2021;111(1):45–46. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2020.306011 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Martin A, Raja A, Meese H. Health care‐based voter registration: a new kind of healing. Int J Emerg Med. 2021;14(1):26. doi:10.1186/s12245-021-00351-y - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Ruxin TR, Ha YP, Grade MM, Brown R, Lawrence C, Martin AF. The Vot‐ER healthy democracy campaign: a national medical student competition to increase voting access. Acad Med. 2021. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000004381 - DOI - PubMed

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources