Voting Rights and Suffrage/History/Country sources/China
What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?
China
Though suffrage was predicated on a number of qualifications with reference to judgments of personal characteristics such as literacy and character, the 1908 Memorial and Edict on Constitutional Government refers to a right to vote, even if in terms of when it cannot be claimed: "Those who have not been residents of their native places for one year or more before the time of election shall not have the right to vote or to stand as candidates."
Under Chapter II, The Fundamental Rights and Duties of Citizens, Article 34 all citizens 18 years of age have the right to vote and stand for election without discrimination. (Constitute Project, “China (People’s Republic of)'s Constitution of 1982 with Amendments through 2018” ).
References:
English translation of the Edict of 1908 191 (2012) Memorial and Edict on Constitutional Government, August 27, 1908 https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?collection=cow&handle=hein.cow/zzcn0021&id=3&men_tab=srchresults
China (People’s Republic of) 1982 (rev. 2018): https://constituteproject.org/constitution/China_2018