Pope Leo becomes first pontiff to vote in US general election

What BBN said about it

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorMr. Ledger, I'm told the Pope voted. Is that allowed? Can he do that?

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYes.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Vatican says Pope Leo submitted a mail-in ballot to Chicago for Tuesday's midterms, making him the first pontiff to vote in a US general election.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorUnder what name? I'd expect a formal designation, a seal, a motorcade of envelopes.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRobert Francis Prevost, in New Lenox, a Chicago suburb, CNN reports. He's on the roll like anyone else.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorNew Lenox. So the delegation was his brother and the pilgrims.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHis brother was at the Vatican Wednesday with a group from New Lenox. How the ballot got back is unclear.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSo does this move the needle for the rest of us, or is it just a cute footnote?

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHe's cast ballots in every general election since two thousand except twenty twenty and twenty twenty-two, the AP says.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOne vote, in a suburb, and the mailman knows more than we do.