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Pope León XIV Casts U.S. Mail Ballot, Vatican Says

The Vatican said the U.S.-born pontiff used Illinois’s overseas mail-voting process to send a ballot to Chicago.

El papa León XIV saluda a los fieles durante su audiencia general en la plaza de San Pedro, en el Vaticano
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El papa León XIV no incurrirá en ninguna falta por no votar en nuestro país, ya que su permanencia en Europa lo exime de esta responsabilidad
El papa León XIV saluda a los peregrinos reunidos en la plaza de San Pedro a su llegada para presidir la audiencia general semanal en el Vaticano, el 28 de octubre de 2026. (Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)

Overview

  • The Vatican Press Office confirmed on Friday, October 30, 2026 that Pope León XIV mailed and thereby cast a U.S. absentee ballot to Chicago.
  • Will County, Illinois election records show Robert Francis Prevost requested a mail ballot on October 3 and remains registered with a New Lenox address.
  • Local reporting earlier this week said the county had not yet received a completed ballot, a point the Vatican statement resolved by saying the pope returned his ballot.
  • Illinois allows no-excuse mail voting and U.S. citizens abroad use a federal absentee process that requires mail return and a postmark or arrival within set deadlines.
  • The pope’s actual vote is secret; coverage notes his past votes in both party primaries and public disagreements with President Trump but stresses no public inference can be drawn from the act itself.