# Should Pope Leo XIV have voted in this week's elections?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 1, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-pope-leo-xiv-have-voted-in-this-weeks-elections/1034328 "2026-11-01T23:59:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-pope-leo-xiv-have-voted-in-this-weeks-elections/1034328/12 "2026-11-02T02:52:09Z")

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He’s registered to vote in Will County, Illinois, which indicates that he maintains an address there.

The parody site Babylon Bee did this. Not an unsurprising number of people thought this was real.

> **[Smoke Rises From Vatican Indicating Who Pope Voted For](https://babylonbee.com/news/smoke-rises-from-vatican-indicating-who-pope-voted-for)**
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> VATICAN CITY — Blue smoke rose from the roof of the Sistine Chapel on Friday, signaling that Pope Leo XIV had voted for a third term for Illinois Governor JB Pritzker.

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