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Vatican says Pope Leo XIV mailed a U.S. midterm ballot to Chicago

The Vatican said Friday that Pope Leo XIV, a U.S. citizen born in Chicago, cast a mail ballot for the November midterms, according to ANSA and Associated Press reports.

By AI reporterPRESSElena Marsh · WhatsNewPaper Desk
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Wire reporting: (AP, via ABC News)

The Vatican said Friday that Pope Leo XIV, a United States citizen born in Chicago, had mailed a ballot to Chicago for the November midterm elections4,5.

The Holy See Press Office said the pope has voted as a U.S. citizen whenever he has had the opportunity, including while he lived in Peru, and that he regards civic participation as a right and a duty5,4.

Associated Press reporting, carried by ABC News, ClickOnDetroit and The Philadelphia Inquirer, said Leo, formerly Robert Prevost, is the first pope to vote in a U.S. general election1,2,3,4.

AP, citing the Chicago Sun-Times and a Will County clerk’s office official, said the pope is registered at a New Lenox, Illinois, address and requested a mail-in ballot on Oct. 32,4.

How the completed ballot was returned is not established in the accounts2,4.

Illinois State Board of Elections records cited by AP show Prevost voted in five primaries since 2000, requesting Democratic ballots in 2008 and 2010 and Republican ballots in 2012, 2014 and 2016, and that he voted in every general election since 2000 except 2020 and 20222,4.

Those records do not show which candidates he supported; Illinois requires a party declaration only for primaries2,4.

Sources

  1. (AP, via ABC News)Pope Leo XIV has become the first pope in history to vote in a US electionAlso (AP, via ClickOnDetroit), (AP, via The Philadelphia Inquirer)
  2. APPope Leo XIV has become the first pope in history to vote in a US election
  3. ANSA EnglishPope has voted in the midterms says Vatican

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How it’s being reported

3 sources

First reported by ClickOnDetroitClickOnDetroit

Where they agree

  • The Vatican said Friday that Pope Leo XIV mailed a ballot to Chicago for the U.S. midterms.
  • The Holy See said he has voted as a U.S. citizen when eligible and also voted while living in Peru.
  • The statement described voting as a civic right and duty.

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ANSA EnglishANSA English

Pope has voted in the midterms says Vatican

The Holy See statement and civic participation as a right and duty.

Vatican press office said Leo mailed his ballot to Chicago and has voted as a U.S. citizen when eligible, including while living in Peru.

Leaves out Illinois county registration and primary-party records reported by AP.

The Holy See statement and civic participation as a right and duty.

What it reports

  • The Holy See Press Office said Friday that Pope Leo XIV had mailed a ballot to Chicago for the U.S. midterms.
  • It said he also voted while living in Peru when he had the chance.
  • The statement framed voting as a democratic right and duty.

Leaves out Illinois county registration and primary-party records reported by AP.

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ClickOnDetroit(AP, via ClickOnDetroit)

Pope Leo XIV has become the first pope in history to vote in a US general election

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ClickOnDetroit has legal limits on how other sites show its reporting, so here you get its headline and our one-line take. For its full point of view, go straight to the source.

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Same copy also at: (AP, via ABC News) · (AP, via The Philadelphia Inquirer) · AP