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The majority of the cardinals are from Europe, including 17 electors from Italy, five from Spain and five from France.
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Abc News, ABC News, 8 May 2025
Voting is concluded and the electors return to Santa Marta.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 7 May 2025
Pope Leo appeared on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on Thursday evening local time after white smoke had billowed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, signifying the 133 cardinal electors had chosen a new leader for the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 9 May 2025
Here is a regional breakdown of the full 135 cardinal electors, according to Vatican statistics and following the Vatican's geographic grouping.
—Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
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Abc News, ABC News, 8 May 2025
Voting is concluded and the electors return to Santa Marta.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 7 May 2025
Pope Leo appeared on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on Thursday evening local time after white smoke had billowed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, signifying the 133 cardinal electors had chosen a new leader for the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 9 May 2025
Here is a regional breakdown of the full 135 cardinal electors, according to Vatican statistics and following the Vatican's geographic grouping.
—Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elector
voter
Noun
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The only category of voters who could turn out for Lander might be anti-Cuomo, but pro-Israel voters who can’t stomach a vote for anti-Israel socialist Mamdani.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2025
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The recall effort primarily stems from voters’ frustration with how White, along with county assessment director Gail McCann Beatty, set property tax values on real estate during the 2023 assessment cycle.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
8 June 2025
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“Elector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elector. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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