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Patria boba
the right to vote was allowed for married men and with money. For voting they went to parishes and voted for electors. Electors were the ones that elect presidents, vice presidents, and senate. To be a voter, you must be over 25 years old, know how to read, write, and have a salary of more than 300 pesos a year. That was considered an indirect suffrage -
constitution and citizenship
the constitution began to speak of citizenship and it was established that all citizens could vote, but that was not entirely true. To be considered as a citizen, you had to meet certain requirements such as: be over 21 years old, be married, have money, and had to work in a useful trade. All these requirements applied only to men since at that time woman were considered less than men. -
Colombia
Colombia is the only country in Latin America that has an uninterrupted electoral history since it was formed as an independent nation in 1830. -
A different constitution
The Constitution of 1853 came with numerous positive advances such as: prohibiting slavery, the electors were eliminated, so now citizens voted directly for the president, vice president and other political offices. Also, the requirements to be considered as a citizen were changed, these requirements were: be of legal age and be married. These requirements only applied to men. Finally, the voter's title was created, which was a paper that authorized you to vote. -
New way of voting
the votes began to be deposited in a ballot box. Mariano Ospina Perez became the first president elected by direct suffrage. -
Women's right to vote
Women finally in 1954 get the right to vote. Although the first vote in which women participated was in 1957 for a plebiscite that established the national front. At that time, anyone over the age of 21 could vote. -
Legal age
The president Alfonso López Michelsen introduced a reform to the Constitution in which a citizen was considered of legal age from eighteen years. For now on all citizens can vote after that age except the military.
