Voting Rights and Suffrage/History/Country sources/Sierra Leone
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What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?
Sierra Leone
According to article 31 of Sierra Leone’s Constitution, citizens over the age of 18 with a sound mind of the right to register to vote. Article 42 states that the President of Sierra Leone is voted on by these electors. (Constitute Project, “Sierra Leone’s Constitution of 1991, reinstated in 1996 with Amendments through 2013” ).