Suffrage (2007) | Suffrage (2005) | ||
Austria | 18 years of age; universal | 18 years of age; universal; compulsory for presidential elections | |
Bahrain | 20 years of age; universal | 18 years of age; universal | |
Bhutan | each family has one vote in village-level elections | each family has one vote in village-level elections; note - in late 2003 Bhutan's legislature passed a new election law | |
Burundi | NA years of age; universal (adult) | NA years of age; universal adult | |
Cook Islands | NA years of age; universal (adult) | NA years of age; universal adult | |
Djibouti | 18 years of age; universal | 18 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 national police cannot vote |
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East Timor | - | 17 years of age; universal | |
Equatorial Guinea | 18 years of age; universal | 18 years of age; universal adult | |
French Guiana | - | 18 years of age; universal | |
Gibraltar | 18 years of age; universal; and British citizens who have been residents six months or more | 18 years of age; universal, plus other UK subjects who have been residents six months or more | |
Guadeloupe | - | 18 years of age; universal | |
Guatemala | 18 years of age; universal; note - 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 and are restricted to their barracks on election day) | |
Iran | 18 years of age; universal | 15 years of age; universal | |
Iraq | 18 years of age; universal | formerly 18 years of age; universal | |
Isle of Man | 16 years of age; universal | 18 years of age; universal | |
Jersey | 18 years of age; universal | NA years of age; universal adult | |
Korea, South | 19 years of age; universal | 20 years of age; universal | |
Kuwait | NA years of age; universal (adult); note - males in the military or police are not allowed to vote; adult females were allowed to vote as of 16 May 2005; all voters must have been citizens for 20 years | 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 |
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Martinique | - | 18 years of age; universal | |
Monaco | 18 years of age; universal | 21 years of age; universal | |
Montenegro | 18 years of age; universal | - | |
Oman | 21 years of age; universal; note - members of the military and security forces are not allowed to vote | 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 | |
Peru | 18 years of age; universal and compulsory until the age of 70; note - for the first time in recent elections, members of the military and national police were eligible to vote in the 2006 elections | 18 years of age; universal and compulsory until the age of 70; note - members of the military and national police may not vote | |
Reunion | - | 18 years of age; universal | |
Rwanda | 18 years of age; universal | 18 years of age; universal adult | |
Saint Barthelemy | 18 years of age, universal | - | |
Saint Martin | 18 years of age, universal | - | |
Saudi Arabia | 21 years of age; male | 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 |
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Serbia | 18 years of age; universal | - | |
Serbia and Montenegro | - | 16 years of age, if employed; 18 years of age, universal | |
Sudan | 17 years of age; universal | 17 years of age; universal, but noncompulsory | |
Timor-Leste | 17 years of age; universal | - | |
Togo | NA years of age; universal (adult) | NA years of age; universal adult | |
Tunisia | 20 years of age; universal except for active duty military | 20 years of age; universal | |
Virgin Islands | 18 years of age; universal; island residents are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections | 18 years of age; universal; note - island residents are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections |