Senate Dems Up Demand for Oz to Drop Anti-Ballot Harvesting Efforts in Nursing Homes Before Election Day
30th October 2026
Days before the midterm elections, Senate Democrats are pushing for the Trump administration to drop guidance aimed at preventing ballot harvesting or coercive voting practices in nursing homes.
Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Alex Padilla, D-Calif., along with six others, wrote to Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, asking him to rescind a July memo to nursing homes.
“We write to reiterate our request that you rescind the July 2026 memorandum and seek clarification about any connections between CMS and these election denial groups. This is a particularly urgent matter given that Election Day is only one week away,” the letter says.
Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Cory Booker, D-N.J., Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., joined in signing the letter.
As previously reported by the Daily Signal, ballot harvesting and voting coercion in nursing homes have been longstanding problems.
And attempting to correct these problems apparently constitute ‘election denial’, the New Genocide.