He Pope Leo XIVAmerican by birth and with Peruvian nationality after having developed more than 20 years of pastoral life in that country, was on the voter list for the Peru general electionsbut you are exempt from paying the fine for not voting as you are over 65 years of age.
He Pope Leo XIVAmerican by birth and with Peruvian nationality after having developed more than 20 years of pastoral life in that country, was on the voter list for the Peru general electionsbut you are exempt from paying the fine for not voting as you are over 65 years of age.
Robert Francis Prevost70 years old, appeared on the electoral roll of the Monseñor Juan Tomis Stack schoolfrom the northern city of Chiclayo, where he served as bishop before being taken by Pope Francis to the Holy See to take charge of the Dicastery of Bishops, according to local media in that city in northern Peru.
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His presence on the voters’ list means that Leo XIV did not process the change of registration at the Peruvian consulate in Rome to vote at that consular headquarters before the electoral roll was closed.
In Peru, Voting is mandatory for people between 18 and 64 years old.s, under a fine that ranges between 27.50 to 110 soles (between 8.16 and 32.65 dollars) depending on the economic condition of the voter.
So, The pontiff was part of the more than 27.3 million Peruvians who were summoned to elect their national authorities for the period 2026-2031, including the president, a position that eight leaders have held in ten years in a spiral of political crises.
Quick count results. (Photo: GEC)
Although the pope was born in the American city of Chicago in 1955, he later carried out much of his pastoral work in Peru, whose nationality he also has and where he is considered “the Peruvian pope.”
Due to the delay in the installation of voting tables, the National Election Jury (JNE) decided to extend voting hoursfrom 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., on Monday, April 13, but only in voting centers where citizens could not exercise their right to vote this Sunday, the 12th.
