Pope Leo XIV requests an absentee or mail-in ballot for the Illinois midterm elections, according to multiple outlets. NBC News and Newsweek say the request involves a ballot sent to, or directed to, his Vatican City address, while NBC also notes it is not clear whether the ballot has been mailed back yet.
The reports provide limited additional details beyond the fact of the request and where the ballot was sent. Newsweek frames the development in the context of voting timing, saying he may be among the nearly 20 million Americans voting early. Breitbart also reports on the same ballot request and emphasizes the novelty of a US-based leader of the Catholic Church voting in an American election.
