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History of Suffrage in Colombia

  • La Patria Boba

    La Patria Boba
    At that time, only men married to silver could vote and these were the ones in charge of choosing the president.
  • La patria Boba

    La patria Boba
    It was called indirect suffrage to the form of voting of this time in addition to that to be a reader had to more than 25 years and win more than 300 thousand
  • Constitution 1819-1820

    Constitution 1819-1820
    The constitution began to talk about citizenship and mentioned that all citizens could vote but to be a citizen they had to be over 21 years old, married and with money.
  • Constitution 1853

    Constitution 1853
    Slavery was abolished and to be considered a citizen you had to be of legal age, married and a man. The elimination of voters and voting directly for the president and other positions
  • Mariano Ospina Pérez

    Mariano Ospina Pérez
    He was the first president elected by direct suffrage and after a while they created an entity that gave the electoral card.
  • 1954

    1954
    The women were able to vote and had their first participation three years later
  • Constitution 1991

    Constitution 1991
    Any citizen over the age of 18 could vote except for the military