Voting Rights and Suffrage/History/Country sources/Maldives
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What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?
Maldives
According to Article 26 of the 2008 Constitution, every citizen over the age of 18 has the right to vote in elections and public referendums via secret ballots and run for office in the Maldives. According to Article 10, the President is elected by universal suffrage. (Constitute Project, “Maldives’s Constitution of 2008”).
References:
2008 Maldives Constitution: https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Maldives_2008