Pope Leo XIV hasn’t visited the Chicago area since he was elected to the papacy last year, but could he become the first pontiff to ever vote in a U.S. election?
Pope Leo, whose birth name is Robert Francis Prevost, has not traveled back to the U.S. since he was elevated to the top position in the Catholic Church, but he has taken a key step toward casting a ballot in his home community.
Earlier this month, the pope requested a mail-in ballot from the Will County Clerk’s Office, a spokesperson confirmed to NBC News on Thursday after the Chicago Sun-Times reported on the request.
As for whether the pope has cast a ballot, the chief of staff for the Clerk’s Office confirmed to NBC News that they have not yet received a ballot from the Vatican, and time is running out to get that ballot postmarked in time for the November 3 election.
Not surprisingly, the first American-born pope would be the first pontiff to ever vote in a U.S. election if he were to cast a ballot, according to NBC News.
While the pope has not returned to the United States since his election, he has made numerous statements pertaining to politics in his home country, occasionally drawing the ire of President Donald Trump in the process.
Since he did not renounce his U.S. citizenship when he became pope, he will remain eligible to vote in the United States so long as he chooses according to U.S. law.
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