As guardian, she checked her mom's voting record, which tells if someone voted but not how they voted.
"I felt like I had been punched in the gut!" Mary was shocked to see what her mom had "voted in the November 2020 election. As her guardian, Mary had not changed her mom's voter registration when she moved her to a new county because, of course, nonverbal dementia patients are unable to vote. She also knew that her mom was unable to fill out a request for a mail-in ballot and had no idea of the name of the current president. She immediately call her sister and said, "Someone stole Mom's vote!".