Election day in Ukrainian geriatric hospital

Elderly people living in a geriatric centre vote in the second round of presidential elections. Sevastopol, Ukraine. 07/02/2010.

The geriatric hospital in Sevastopol held second round voting for patients during the Ukrainian elections. Within the geriatric hospital there are one hundred and fifty patients, only half of whom can move independently. The remainder of patients are bedridden and have little insight into the candidates standing for presidency. Nursing staff ask several elderly patients "Who do you like, a man or a woman, Victor or Julia"?

Several patients cannot lift a hand and nurses voted for them by approbation of the Electoral Commission. During the voting process the patients of Sevastopol geriatric centre were equipped with a polling station entitling each individual to their own choice of candidate.