]> 2026-05-04T12:36:59+00:00 Voting Rights and Suffrage/History/Country sources/Ecuador 0 en According to Article 35 of the 1897 Ecuador Constitution: "There shall be freedom of suffrage." Under Article 62 of the Constitution of Ecuador voting is mandatory for those over the age of 18. Voting is optional for those between the ages of 16-18 and elderly persons 65 years of age and older (Constitute Project, “Ecuador's Constitution of [[Probable year:: 2008]]” ). References: 1897 Constitution of Ecuador: English translation of the original Constitution of 1897 1098 (2010) Chapter IV: Of Guarantees https://heinonline-org.proxygw.wrlc.org/HOL/Page?collection=cow&handle=hein.cow/zzec0008&id=4&men_tab=srchresults 2021. “Ecuador 2008 (Rev. 2021) Constitution.” 2021. ConstitutionNet. https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Ecuador_2021?lang=en. 2008 2454466.5 What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right? 2024-05-05T21:53:43Z 2460436.4123032 Voting Rights and Suffrage/History/Country sources/Ecuador Page name 102 en Page name