Claims extracted
22
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
9%
2 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
19
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Leo, 71, was born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago on Sept. 14, 1955, and online Illinois records reviewed by The Post show that he’s registered to vote at his older brother John’s address in suburban New Lenox.
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he → bear → Lenox
“He’s an American citizen living abroad.
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He → ’ → ?
He didn’t lose his voting rights when he moved to the Vatican,” said Richard Hasen, a voting rights expert at the UCLA School of Law.
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Hasen → lose → Law
The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act of 1986 lays out the process for Americans living outside US borders.
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Act → lay → borders
That law requires states to allow “overseas voters to use absentee registration procedures and to vote by absentee ballot.”
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voters → require → ballot
Overseas voters must cast ballots for offices “in the last place in which the person was domiciled before leaving the United States.”
Vatican City has been recognized as an independent state since 1929, and functions as an absolute monarchy without political elections.
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City → cast → elections
Unlike other nations, which mainly grant citizenship based on where or to whom a person was born, Vatican City grants citizenship by application — and only the pope holds the privilege for life.
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pope → grant → life
It is unclear when the ballot was returned, but the Vatican press office confirmed Friday that Leo had a “belief in the right and the duty of citizens to participate in democratic processes.”
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Leo → return → processes
“Pope Leo XIV has exercised his right to vote as a United States citizen, whenever he was eligible to do so,” the statement said.
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statement → exercise → citizen
“In keeping with this long-standing practice of civic participation, he has submitted his mail-in ballot in Chicago.”
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he → keep → Chicago
“The Holy Father has also confirmed that, during his years of residence in Peru he exercised his right to vote whenever he was eligible to do so.”
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he → confirm → right
Since 2000, the former Robert Prevost has voted in five primary elections, requesting Democratic ballots twice and Republican ballots three times, according to records held by the Illinois State Board of Elections.
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Prevost → vote → Elections
The records do not show which candidates he supported.
asserted
he → show → candidates
Illinois voters must declare a party preference to receive a primary ballot.
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voters → declare → ballot
No such declaration is required in general elections.
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declaration → require → elections
While registered in heavily Democratic Cook County, Prevost requested Democratic primary ballots in 2008 and 2010.
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Prevost → register → 2008
After moving to the more conservative suburban Will County, he requested Republican primary ballots in 2012, 2014 and 2016.
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he → move → 2012
The records also show that he submitted ballots in every general election since 2000 except those in 2020 and 2022.
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he → show → 2020
The younger Jackson is seeking re-election in the safe Democratic district against Republican candidate Christian Maxwell.
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Jackson → seek → Maxwell
Illinois also has a Senate race this year, pitting Democratic Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton against GOP lawyer Don Tracy.
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Illinois → have → Tracy
Gov. JB Pritzer is seeking a third term against Republican former state Sen. Darren Bailey.
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Pritzer → seek → Bailey
Democrats are expected to take both races by wide margins.
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Democrats → expect → margins
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