Voting Rights and Suffrage/History/Country sources/Senegal
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?
Senegal
Article 3 of Senegal’s Constitution grants Senegalese citizens over the age of 18 the right to direct and indirect suffrage by equal and secret ballot. Articles 26 and 59 state that the President and the representative assembly are elected via universal suffrage. (Constitute Project, “ Senegal’s Constitution of 1992 with Amendments through 2013” ).