Pope Leo will vote from the Vatican, by mail, in Illinois' midterm election

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<p>He may be the leader of the Catholic church, but Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV is still a registered voter in Illinois and requested a mail ballot for the midterm elections.</p><p>That's according to the Will County clerk's office.</p><p>"Robert Francis Prevost is on the list of individuals who requested a vote by mail ballot for the upcoming election," Kim Fladhammer, Will County clerk's office chief of staff, told the Sun-Times. The pope made the request on Oct. 3.</p><p>That mail ballot had to travel a long way — from Joliet to the Vatican City, where Pope Leo has led the Catholic church…

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