Why Voting and Voter Disenfranchisement Matter to Health

Quanna Batiste-Brown¹, Janet R Katz, Lucinda Canty+5

• ¹Quanna Batiste-Brown is chief nursing officer at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Health, dean of the UCLA Health Medical Assistant Program, and associate adjunct professor at the UCLA School of Nursing. Janet R. Katz is professor emeritus at the Washington State University College of Nursing, Spokane. Lucinda Canty is associate professor at the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Christopher Lance Coleman is dean and professor at the Oakland University School of Nursing, Rochester, MI. LeShonda Wallace is an advanced practice nurse at Novant Health, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC. Angelo D. Moore is the inaugural executive director, Center of Excellence for Integrative Health Disparities and Equity Research, and associate professor in the School of Nursing at North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro. Robin Bartlett is professor and associate dean for research at the University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing, Tuscaloosa. Melissa Gomes is associate professor and associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the University of Virginia School of Nursing, Charlottesville. Contact author: Melissa Gomes, mg3uq@virginia.edu . The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.