Can he? In general, can/do popes vote in their home countries?
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.
Correction, voting is mandatory only for people who live in Argentina, if you live on another country voting is optional. Source: I’m an Argentinian who lives in another country.
But are you the Pope?
Oh shit. Are you?
I’ve got this.
OP, how do you feel about defecating in an arboreal setting?
I’m for it
Welcome to the big ARE YOU ACTUALLY THE POPE quiz!
- Are you an Argentinian living abroad?
- Do you regularly wear weird head gear?
- When visiting a new city. Does your Uber have a large glass cage instead of a rear compartment?
- Do strangers keep asking you to hold their children?
- Do you have a strange urge to poop when you are near forests?
If you can answer yes to all of the above, you should find the nearest cardinal and observe how you are addressed.
He’s just tweeting at me. What does it mean??
Falklands.
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.
That’s amazing
This is an interesting question as the Pope is technically the head of state of another country
Pope is technically head of state or another country so it is probably bad to vote in any election just from the perspective of looks. The pope should be above politics.
Doesn’t even matter. It he didn’t there is a 50 peso fine that you can pay in 24 month installments.
Literally paying 0.5 cents in 2 years for missing a mandatory voting law lmao
