Voting Rights and Suffrage/History/Country sources/United Kingdom
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What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?
United Kingdom
The Reform Act of 1832 was the first piece of legislation to expand voting rights in the United Kingdom. It established that men above the age of 21 who were freeholders of property could vote. Universal suffrage was established with the Representation of the People Act 1969, which extended the right to vote to all persons of age (Anglotopia, "The History of Voting Rights in the United Kingdom")