Older adults in Northwest Missouri have the opportunity to choose representatives from their respective areas for positions on the Northwest Missouri Area Agency on Aging (NWMOAAA) Board of Directors and the Silver Haired Legislature.

Elections will be held on Tuesday, May 7, in each of the 18 counties in Northwest Missouri. Seniors must be at least 60 years of age and vote at a polling place in the county in which they reside.

As all Area Agencies on Aging, NWMOAAA is a planning and service agency which is charged under the Older Americans Act with identifying and meeting a wide variety of needs of older adults who are at least 60 years of age, in its 18-county service area in Northwest Missouri. They collaborate with other agencies to help determine seniors’ needs, identify resources and make services available. They help locate the best resources to help older adults in a variety of situations.

Atchison County is in the Northwest Region and Carma Eagans and Janet Griffin are candidates to represent the counties of Atchison, Gentry, Harrison, Holt, Nodaway and Worth on the Board of Directors. Carma Eagans is also a candidate for Silver Haired Legislature for Atchison County.

Atchison County residents can vote at the Tarkio Senior Housing Community Room between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Absentee ballots are available for home-bound individuals who are unable to go to the polling place to vote by calling 888-844-5626 or emailing measton@nwmoaaa.org. Absentee ballots must be returned to the Albany office, postmarked on or before May 3, 2019.