Voting Rights and Suffrage/History/Country sources/Belize - Revision history

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	\|contents=According to section 92 of the 1981 Constitution, "At any general election-every citizen of Belize or a citizen of any Commonwealth Country who has attained the age of eighteen years and who satisfies the requirements of the Representation of the People Act shall have the right to vote;"		\|contents=According to section 92 of the 1981 Constitution, "At any general election-every citizen of Belize or a citizen of any Commonwealth Country who has attained the age of eighteen years and who satisfies the requirements of the Representation of the People Act shall have the right to vote;"

	The 31 members of the House of Representatives are directly elected to five-year terms ~~and the~~ Senate has 12 seats. The ruling party, the opposition, and several civil associations select the senators, who are then appointed by the governor general. (Freedom House, “Belize”).		According to Freedom House, "The 31 members of the House of Representatives are directly elected to five-year terms. The Senate has 12 seats. The ruling party, the opposition, and several civil associations select the senators, who are then appointed by the governor general." (Freedom House, “Belize”).

	https://~~www~~.~~constituteproject~~.org/~~constitution~~/~~Belize_2011~~		References:

			1981 Constitution of Belize: https://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Belize/belize81.html

			Freedom House, "Belize": https://freedomhouse.org/country/belize/freedom-world/2023
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	\|questionHeading=What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?		\|questionHeading=What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?
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	\|~~breakout~~=Belize		\|contents=According to section 92 of the 1981 Constitution, "At any general election-every citizen of Belize or a citizen of any Commonwealth Country who has attained the age of eighteen years and who satisfies the requirements of the Representation of the People Act shall have the right to vote;"
	~~\|contents=The 31 members~~ of the ~~House~~ of ~~Representatives are directly elected to five-year terms~~ and the ~~Senate has 12 seats. The ruling party,~~ the ~~opposition, and several civil associations select~~ the ~~senators, who are then appointed by~~ the ~~governor general. (Freedom House, “Belize”).~~

			The 31 members of the House of Representatives are directly elected to five-year terms and the Senate has 12 seats. The ruling party, the opposition, and several civil associations select the senators, who are then appointed by the governor general. (Freedom House, “Belize”).

			https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Belize_2011
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