Pope Leo Makes History as First Pope to Vote in a US Election After Casting Midterm Mail-In Ballot
The Vatican said the Chicago-born pontiff voted by mail, a move that could make him the first sitting pope to cast a U.S. ballot.
- On Thursday, The Will County Clerk confirmed that Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV requested a mail-in ballot for the November 3 midterm election from his residence in Vatican City.
- Pope Leo remains a registered voter at a New Lenox, Illinois, address despite leading 1.4 billion members of the Catholic Church from Vatican City. He did not renounce his U.S. citizenship upon becoming pope.
- Public records show the pontiff voted in general elections from 2012 to 2024, utilizing The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, or UOCAVA, which allows U.S. citizens abroad to vote by mail.
- Officials have not yet received Leo's completed ballot following his recent lung cancer surgery. He has previously clashed with President Donald Trump over foreign policy and immigration enforcement.
- If Leo casts his ballot before the November 3 deadline, he will become the first pope to vote in a U.S. election while serving as head of the Church, a historic first.
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Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff in history, voted in favour of the mid-term elections in the United States, as "every time he had the opportunity," said the Vatican press service on Friday in a press release.
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Pope Leon XIV, born in Chicago, sent by correspondence the ballot for the American elections from mid-term, according to the announcement made by the Vatican on Friday. Sovereign Pontif thus became the first pope to vote in the American elections, according to BBC. He is also probably the first pope to vote in secular democratic elections, notes and ...
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