Voting

• Joni Ernst’s stealth attack on our Social Security

  August 17, 2020:   Senator Joni Ernst wants the people of Iowa to vote for her, but she doesn’t want to say where she stands on Social Security. That is because she won’t admit that she wants to reach into all of our pockets and cut our earned benefits. ...Read more >

• Trump is Dismantling the United States Postal Service to Rig the Election

  August 17, 2020:   As president of the Quad City Chapter of the Alliance for Retired Americans and commander of AMVETS Post 145, I pay attention to issues affecting seniors and veterans daily, not just at election time. One issue that strongly impacts both gr...Read more >

• Joni Ernst Scores 8 out of 100 with Seniors

  August 17, 2020:   Let's talk about Sen. Joni Ernst and what she's done for Iowans the past six years. To do this we must go to the Alliance for Retired Americans' congressional voting website.  Click on Iowa and take a look. On this website is a scorecar...Read more >

• Iowa, National Republicans Failing Seniors Amid The Pandemic

  July 20, 2020:   On July 14, 1965, the Older Americans Act (OAA) was signed into law. It responded to the need for community services, evidence-based health promotion, disease prevention programs, civic engagement, and elder justice for senior citizens. Ame...Read more >

• Iowa Alliance Votes Absentee!

  July 16, 2020: It is so important that we are all safe to vote absentee by mail in the upcoming November 3rd General Election. With the coronavirus, we do not want to encourage people to vote in person since it is so easy to vote by mail! Even if the Republicans vo...Read more >

• Voting Absentee by Mail During Coronavirus

  July 13, 2020: I am determined to vote Donald Trump and all of these sycophantic Republicans out of office. I already filled out and sent my absentee ballot request form through the U.S. Postal Service to my county auditor. We can now request absentee ballots i...Read more >