Voting Rights and Suffrage/History/Country sources/New Zealand
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What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?
New Zealand
Article 12 of New Zealand’s Constitution grants citizens over the age of 18 the electoral rights of voting for members of the House of Representatives by secret ballot and to run to be a member of the House of Representatives. (Constitute Project, “New Zealand’s Constitution of 1852 with Amendments through 2014” ).