Why was World War I so important in getting women
the right to vote? It provided a critical backdrop for women to deliver their message.
In 1918, the Representation of the People Act was passed, giving women over the age of 30, and who owned a certain amount of property,
the right to vote. It would be a further 10 years until the vote was extended to all women.
"However, we are now in an inconsistent and unsustainable position where a 16-year-old living in Wales and Scotland can vote in local elections, yet they are denied
the right to vote in UK general elections.
The electoral tribunal agreed with the majority in Uruguay that "
the right to vote of the Uruguayan diaspora has constitutional status, and all that is needed is a law to regulate it."
There are at least 2.5 million of us who still have
the right to vote, but unfortunately only around 30,000 of those have so far registered.
The first International Women's Day held in the first decade of the last century was a day of and for working-class women who at the time did not have equal rights with men, did not have
the right to vote and together with other workers still had to fight for and win the eight-hour working day.
Whilst under the existing EU Treaties, member states are competent to determine who can benefit from
the right to vote in national elections, disenfranchisement practices can negatively affect EU free movement rights.
These countries - Denmark, Ireland, Cyprus, Malta and the United Kingdom - like all the other EU member states, are sovereign when it comes to laying down rules on
the right to vote in national elections, but "such practices risk making [those who move to another EU country] second class citizens," regrets Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding.
THE Supreme Court has dismissed two convicted murderers' claims that EU law gives them
the right to vote.
He said millions of Afghans lived in Pakistan, Iran, India, the US, and Europe, saying if resources were made available to them, they would grant overseas Afghan
the right to vote.
Chester tried four years ago to win
the right to vote for prisoners.
When one considers that
the right to vote is a fundamental human right, it is unacceptable to deny
the right to vote to those who are already legally old enough to join the armed forces, consent to sexual relations, get married, work and pay income tax and national insurance.