Voting Rights and Suffrage/History/Country sources/Antigua and Barbuda
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What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?
Antigua and Barbuda
Universal suffrage was introduced in Antigua and Barbuda in 1951 (National Encyclopedia, "Antigua and Barbuda- Politics, government, and taxation"). Antigua and Barbuda’s 1981 Constitution contains the first assertion of the right to vote in the country’s independent history. Section 40 specifically outlines this right.
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/1106/pdfs/uksi_19811106_en.pdf