Voting Rights and Suffrage/History/Country sources/Jamaica
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What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?
Jamaica
According to Article 37, any Jamaican citizen 21 years or older may be an elector in elections for the House of Representatives. Any naturalized citizen may also vote in elections for the House of Representatives as long as they have been naturalized for at least 12 months prior to registering to vote. (Constitute Project, “Jamaica’s Constitution of 1962 with Amendments through 2015” ).