VOTE [Q] -GRANDMOTHER'S- VOICE : MASTER GLOBAL LETTER

My grandmother has dementia. Should I help her cast her vote ? :

My grandma has relatively advanced Alzheimer's disease and hearing loss. At 97, she's still present enough to recognize her loved ones and enjoy our company, but it's becoming nearly impossible to communicate with her.

In the 2020 general election, she obtained an absentee ballot, and her immediate family members, including me, helped, her fill it out. [ Her cognition was in decline four years ago, but it was not as degraded as it is now. ]

As I remember it, she held the pen while we did our best to explain each office and issue. If there was any confusion, we would tell her how we voted, and she would do the same.

Is it unethical to help her vote again this November? I foresee things playing out similarly to the last general election, in which she performs the mechanics of voting while we advise her.

Though she's not exactly an ideologue, my grandma has always been a voter.

Before her illness, we were familiar enough with her political opinions to be reasonably confident about whom and what she would vote for.

But I'm also conscious of the fact that the line between assistance and coercion is blurred in this situation. { NAME WITHHELD }

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