Compare Suffrage (2007) - Suffrage (2006)

Compare Suffrage (2007) with Suffrage (2006)

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	Suffrage (2007)	Suffrage (2006)
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
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 British citizens 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
Jersey	18 years of age; universal	NA years of age; universal adult
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 are not in the military forces, and adult females (as of 16 May 2005); all voters must have been citizens for 20 years
Martinique	-	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 held nationwide from February through April 2005
Serbia	18 years of age; universal	18 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