The recently chosen Pope Leo XIV, birthed in Chicago as Robert Prevost, is signed up to enact the USA and has actually formerly enacted some Republican primaries, yet he is not signed up as a participant of a political celebration, and his citizen background does not suggest whom he chose or why.
According to the Illinois State Board of Elections, there is no celebration enrollment in the state. Citizens can select just one celebration’s tally throughout each main, yet that does not limit which celebration’s tally a citizen is enabled to select in succeeding primaries.
Freshly chosen Pope Leo XIV commemorates Mass with the University of Cardinals inside the Sistine Church at the Vatican the day after his political election as 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, May 9, 2025.
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ABC Information got Leo’s citizen background from the Will Area Staff’s workplace, which is the present regional political election authority for him. (The workplace gave it in reaction to a query referencing cases regarding Leo flowing online after he was revealed as the brand-new pope, and the documents consist of a day of birth that matches Leo’s.)
Leo enacted the 2024 basic political election, the 2018 basic political election, the 2016 Republican main, the 2014 basic political election and Republican main and the 2012 basic political election and Republican main, according to the citizen background from the Will Area Staff’s Workplace.
The ballot background does not state or suggest anything regarding exactly how Leo enacted each political election, why he enacted some political elections and not in others or if he associates with any kind of details celebration, considered that he would certainly not have actually signed up with any kind of celebration in Illinois when signing up to elect. ABC Information has actually not acquired documents revealing which political elections he enacted previously 2012.
Leo can still enact future political elections.
In this Nov. 5, 2024, documents picture, people cast their tallies for the 2024 USA Presidential Political Election at the Catholic Church Borgia in Chicago.
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A citizen living abroad can proceed electing by mail as long as the citizen preserves his/her ballot address in Illinois, according to a speaker for the Illinois State Board of Elections. If that citizen relinquishes his/her Illinois address, that citizen’s right to elect for government workplaces would certainly still be secured under the Uniformed and Abroad People Absentee Ballot Act.
The brand-new pope’s individual national politics are not understood.
Before being chosen pontiff, Leo had a visibility on Twitter, and later on X, where he occasionally shared messages that seemed crucial of a few of Head of state Donald Trump’s plans.
Trump and Vance have actually both praised Leo. Different cardinals have actually shown, independently, that they think Leo will certainly have the ability to construct a link with Trump.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New york city informed press reporters on Friday, “Will he wish to construct bridges to Donald Trump? I intend that he would certainly wish to construct bridges with the leader of every country.”
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, archbishop of Yangon in Myanmar, informed ABC Information’ James Longman that he thinks Leo can “construct a bridge” and have a discussion with Trump.
ABC Information’ Hannah Demissie, Chris Boccia, Terry Moran, Ariane Nalty, and Kelsey Walsh added to this record.
