Voting Rights and Suffrage/History/Country sources/Belgium
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What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?
Belgium
Belgian citizens are automatically registered on the electoral rolls when reaching the age of 18 and are subject to compulsory voting under Article 62 of the Belgian Constitution (Legislationline, “The Belgian Constitution”). Universal suffrage rights date to 1948, when women were granted the right to vote. The minimum age to vote was lowered to 18 years in 1981. (The Belgian Senate, "Parliamentary Election")
References:
Legislation Online, "The Belgian Constitution": https://legislationline.org/sites/default/files/documents/98/BELG_Constitution.pdf
The Belgian Senate, "Parliamentary Election": https://www.senate.be/english/LegElectionsEN.html