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Can he? In general, can/do popes vote in their home countries?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 87 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (20 children)

Argentina is the country whose citizenship you cannot legally lose (though dual citizenship is permitted), and they have mandatory* voting. So the Pope is still a citizen of Argentina and did vote or faced charges. I don't think they allow exceptions.

* Edit: Not quite true. See replies.

[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

It is possible to vote while outside the country by going to designated embassies but if you live outside of the country or are further away than 500km from your legal residence the day of the vote you are not obligated to vote. Also, a lot of people (above 20% on the last election) that should vote don't despite it being mandatory since that law is pretty much never enforced in practice. Source: I'm Argentinean.

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