Voting Rights and Suffrage/History/Country sources/Papua New Guinea
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What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?
Papua New Guinea
Under articles 50 and 126 all citizens over the age of 18 may vote unless they are serving a sentence over 9 months, have been convicted of a crime or have dual citizenship. Voters elect the members of Parliament via universal suffrage. (Constitute Project, “ Papua New Guinea’s Constitution of 1975 with Amendments through 2016” ).