Nursing home residents across Wisconsin start casting ballots [Video]

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — Starting Monday, Oct. 14, special voting deputies will help people in nursing homes and similar care facilities cast a vote in the Nov. 5 election.

The special voting deputies were at the River Park Apartments in Shorewood Monday afternoon, the senior living facility was the source of a controversy over a voter registration event earlier this month.

CBS 58 was in contact with several city clerks across Milwaukee and Waukesha counties who told us their nursing home and care facility schedule is published on their city’s website.

While voting in nursing homes has been the source of claims of voter fraud, Shorewood City Clerk Toya Harrell calls this process safe, smooth, and secure.

“Special voting deputies are here to assist with registration, and they can also assist them with voting, but they can’t tell them who to vote for that’s against the law,” Harrell said. “When the ballots are cast, just …