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• Electoral Law needs foreign-language review

General Right to Vote
Constitution:
(1996 Draft)
• Article 20, "Right to Vote and to be a Candidate to an Elective Office" states that: "Every citizen who fulfills the requirements of the electoral law shall have the right to vote or to campaign to be elected to any office of leadership in government."


 
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