No. Once the College of Cardinals have convened to elect a pope, they are not allowed to leave the building where they are meeting except in case of a medical emergency, nor are they allowed to have outside contact. They have small rooms in which to sleep, and food is supplied.
No, they must stay in the Vatican with no outside communication.
Not sure about USA. But, in UK polling booths, taking photographs is not allowed. Anything taking part in an election polling station in the UK is secret.
Normally, the pope lives in the Papal Apartments of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. However, Pope Francis has chosen to live in a small apartment in the Casa Santa Marta, a hostel constructed to house visiting dignitaries as well as the cardinals during a papal conclave.The Vatican
Normally, a pope would live in the Papal Apartments of the Apostolic Palace. Pope Francis, however, has chosen to live in a modest apartment in the Casa Santa Marta, the Vatican guest house where cardinals reside when taking part in a papal conclave.
The spoiler is a political candidate (sometimes of a third party) who has little to no chance of winning an election but can still decide the fate of an election by taking votes away from other candidates.
.................... ermm.. No, Muslims are not allowed to kill (or in other words, taking a life)
A pencil and paper.
yes it is allowed mentioned in the quran and hadith many times
Roman Catholic answer:By 1871, Italy claimed sovereignty over all of Italy included portions which had been ruled by the Vatican for generations. The Concordat of 1871 established the Vatican and agreed to pay an annual indemnity for taking all the land. The Pope became a prisoner in the Vatican and the situation wasn't resolved until February 1929 when a treaty signed in the Lateran palace between the Vatican and Italy. This was known as the Lateran Treaty and formally established the Vatican City State that we know today.
Appeasement
The Vatican City state is his current home and he was born in Germany and lived there for most of his life before taking on duties in the curia.
Cardinals have elected the pope since the year 1059 and cardinals alone have elected the pope since that year. However, the newly chosen pope had to be first approved by the lower clergy and laity. In 1139 that was changed and only the cardinals could vote and the winning cardinal was not subject to approval of others before taking office.
Ulysses S. Grant won the vote due to the black voters, which numbered above 700,000. It was the first election in which African Americans were allowed to vote, and since Grant was a very popular Union General who helped to secure a win for the North and end slavery, the vote was his for the taking.