Compare Suffrage (2005) - Suffrage (2001)

Compare Suffrage (2005) with Suffrage (2001)

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	Suffrage (2005)	Suffrage (2001)
Afghanistan	18 years of age; universal	NA; previously males 15-50 years of age
Albania	18 years of age; universal	18 years of age; universal and compulsory
Argentina	18 years of age; universal and compulsory	18 years of age; universal and mandatory
Austria	18 years of age; universal; compulsory for presidential elections	19 years of age; universal; compulsory for presidential elections
Bahrain	18 years of age; universal	none
Bhutan	each family has one vote in village-level elections; note - in late 2003 Bhutan's legislature passed a new election law	each family has one vote in village-level elections
Bosnia and Herzegovina	18 years of age, universal	16 years of age, if employed; 18 years of age, universal
Brazil	voluntary between 16 and 18 years of age and over 70; compulsory over 18 and under 70 years of age; note - military conscripts do not vote	voluntary between 16 and 18 years of age and over 70; compulsory over 18 and under 70 years of age
Djibouti	18 years of age; universal adult	NA years of age; universal adult
Dominican Republic	18 years of age, universal and compulsory; married persons regardless of age note: members of the armed forces and national police cannot vote	18 years of age, universal and compulsory; married persons regardless of age note: members of the armed forces and police cannot vote
East Timor	17 years of age; universal	-
European Union	18 years of age; universal	-
Guatemala	18 years of age; universal (active duty members of the armed forces may not vote and are restricted to their barracks on election day)	18 years of age; universal (active duty members of the armed forces may not vote)
Hong Kong	direct election 18 years of age; universal for permanent residents living in the territory of Hong Kong for the past seven years; indirect election limited to about 200,000 members of functional constituencies and an 800-member election committee drawn from broad regional groupings, municipal organizations, and central government bodies	direct election 18 years of age; universal for permanent residents living in the territory of Hong Kong for the past seven years; indirect election limited to about 100,000 members of functional constituencies and an 800-member election committee drawn from broad regional groupings, municipal organizations, and central government bodies
Iraq	formerly 18 years of age; universal	18 years of age; universal
Jordan	18 years of age; universal	20 years of age; universal
Kuwait	adult males who have been naturalized for 30 years or more or have resided in Kuwait since before 1920 and their male descendants at age 21 note: only 10% of all citizens are eligible to vote; in 1996, naturalized citizens who do not meet the pre-1920 qualification but have been naturalized for 30 years were eligible to vote for the first time	adult males who have been naturalized for 30 years or more or have resided in Kuwait since before 1920 and their male descendants at age 21 note: only 10% of all citizens are eligible to vote; in 1996, naturalized citizens who do not meet the pre-1920 qualification but have been naturalized for 30 years were eligible to vote for the first time
Liechtenstein	18 years of age; universal	20 years of age; universal
Macedonia	18 years of age; universal	-
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	-	18 years of age; universal
Mali	18 years of age; universal	21 years of age; universal
Morocco	18 years of age; universal (as of January 2003)	21 years of age; universal
Oman	in Oman's most recent Majlis al-Shura elections in 2003, suffrage was universal for all Omanis over age 21 except for members of the military and security forces; the next Majlis al-Shura elections are scheduled for 2007	in Oman's most recent elections in 2000, limited to approximately 175,000 Omanis chosen by the government to vote in elections for the Majlis ash-Shura
Pakistan	18 years of age; universal; joint electorates and reserved parliamentary seats for women and non-Muslims	21 years of age; universal; separate electorates and reserved parliamentary seats for non-Muslims
Peru	18 years of age; universal and compulsory until the age of 70; note - members of the military and national police may not vote	18 years of age; universal
Puerto Rico	18 years of age; universal; island residents are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections	18 years of age; universal; indigenous inhabitants are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections
Qatar	18 years of age; universal	suffrage is limited to municipal elections
Saudi Arabia	adult male citizens age 21 or older note: voter registration began in November 2004 for partial municipal council elections scheduled nationwide for February through April 2005	none
Serbia and Montenegro	16 years of age, if employed; 18 years of age, universal	-
Virgin Islands	18 years of age; universal; note - island residents are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections	18 years of age; universal; note - indigenous inhabitants are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections
Western Sahara	none; a UN-sponsored voter identification campaign not yet completed	none; a UN-sponsored voter identification campaign has yet to be completed
Yugoslavia	-	16 years of age, if employed; 18 years of age, universal